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an ontology of [domain]
表示某一领域中的概念及其关系的结构化模型。
The system uses an ontology of medical terms.
该系统使用了一个医学术语本体。
本体；知识本体
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
本体；知识本体
In computing, a structured, hierarchical representation of a knowledge domain that defines its entities and their relationships.
The system uses an ontology of medical terms.
该系统使用了一个医学术语本体。
此处指计算机科学中的“本体”，与哲学中的“本体论”不同。
形而上学的一个分支,研究存在及存在物本质或基本特征；对“存在之为存在”的研究。
The branch of metaphysics that addresses the nature or essential characteristics of being and of things that exist; the study of being qua being.
(计算机科学)对某知识领域的严格而详尽的组织,通常是分层的,包含所有相关实体及其关系
(computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations
某一观点或世界观中,被认为存在或假定存在的事物及其相互关系；在理论体系中,指论域中定义存在的事物及其相互蕴含的全部内容。
In a subject view, or a world view, the set of conceptual or material things or classes of things that are recognised as existing, or are assumed to exist in context, and their interrelations; in a body of theory, the ontology comprises the domain of discourse, the things that are defined as existing, together with whatever emerges from their mutual implications.
研究存在和存在本质的形而上学
the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
The research team built an ontology to classify all the species in the database.
研究团队建立了一个知识本体，用于对数据库中的所有物种进行分类。
This ontology defines the relationships between customers, orders, and products.
这个本体定义了客户、订单和产品之间的关系。
We need to update the ontology before adding the new data to the system.
在把新数据加入系统之前，我们需要更新这个本体。
表示某一领域中的概念及其关系的结构化模型。
The system uses an ontology of medical terms.
该系统使用了一个医学术语本体。
常与学科或领域名词连用，如 gene ontology（基因本体）。
This is a well-known biomedical ontology.
这是一个著名的生物医学本体。
谓语也可用 develop（开发）或 design（设计）。
They built an ontology to organize the research data.
他们构建了一个本体来组织研究数据。
Not this
We need ontology to represent our data.
Use this
We need an ontology to represent our data.
在英语中，可数名词单数前必须有限定词；ontology 在这里指一个具体的知识本体，是可数名词，因此要加 an。中文没有冠词，所以容易被漏掉。
Not this
This issue is ontology.
Use this
This issue is ontological.
系动词 be 后面需要形容词作表语；ontology 是名词，应改用形容词 ontological，才能表达“本体论的”这一意义。
Not this
The system uses multiple ontology.
Use this
The system uses multiple ontologies.
multiple 修饰可数名词复数，ontology 的复数形式为 ontologies。中文名词没有复数变化，学习者容易漏掉词尾 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
领域本体
The research team built a domain ontology for classifying plant species.
研究团队构建了一个领域本体，用于对植物物种进行分类。
上位本体
An upper ontology covers the most general concepts.
上位本体涵盖最一般的概念。
本体工程
Ontology engineering involves defining classes and properties.
本体工程涉及定义类和属性。
本体映射
Ontology mapping is used to integrate heterogeneous data.
本体映射用于整合异构数据。
基于本体的方法
An ontology-based approach helps machines understand the data.
基于本体的方法帮助机器理解数据。
Use ontology naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：一棵知识树，树根是“本体”，所有实体都是枝干——ontology 就是这棵树。
语域：formal 常见场景：computer science、knowledge engineering、semantic web、academic writing 在计算机科学领域，ontology 通常用于学术论文、技术文档或专业讨论中，属于正式用语；日常口语中较少使用。多用于知识工程、语义网等场景。
These -ology words all rhyme with ontology: their stressed vowel is /ɑ/ and the ending is /lədʒi/. Beware analogy (/əˈnælədʒi/), which looks similar but does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.