名詞 metaphysics:

1. the philosophical study of being and knowing

met.a.phys.ics

n.Abbr. met.,metaph.（名詞）縮寫 met.,metaph.
(used with a sing. verb)Philosophy The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact and value.
（與單數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）【哲學(xué)】 形而上學(xué)，玄學(xué)：哲學(xué)一分支，研究現(xiàn)實(shí)的本質(zhì)，包括意識(shí)和物質(zhì)、物質(zhì)和特性、事實(shí)和價(jià)值之間的關(guān)系
(used with a pl. verb)The theoretical or first principles of a particular discipline:
（與復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）原理，原則：一個(gè)專門學(xué)科理論上的或第一原則：
例句：
the metaphysics of law.
法律的基本原則

(used with a sing. verb)A priori speculation upon questions that are unanswerable to scientific observation, analysis, or experiment.
（與單數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）推理：對(duì)于通過(guò)科學(xué)觀察、分析或?qū)嶒?yàn)無(wú)法解決的問題進(jìn)行的高深莫測(cè)的推理
(used with a sing. verb)Excessively subtle or recondite reasoning.
（與單數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）深?yuàn)W莫測(cè)的推理：極度復(fù)雜細(xì)致或深?yuàn)W博學(xué)的推理

來(lái)源：
Pl. of Middle English methaphisik
中古英語(yǔ) methaphisik的復(fù)數(shù)
from Medieval Latin metaphysica
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) metaphysica
from Medieval Greek (ta) metaphusika
源自 中世紀(jì)希臘語(yǔ) (ta) metaphusika
Greek (Ta) meta (ta) phusika [(the things) after the physics, the title of Aristotle`s treatise on first principles (so called because it followed his work on physics)]
希臘語(yǔ) (Ta) meta (ta) phusika [得名于物理現(xiàn)象，亞里士多德關(guān)于第一原則論文的題目（因其緊隨他在物理學(xué)方面工作而得名）]
meta [after] * see meta-
meta [得名于] *參見 meta-
phusika [physics] * see physics
phusika [物理] *參見 physics