metaphysics

詳細解釋：

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.
（與單數動詞連用）【哲學】 形而上學，玄學：哲學一分支，研究現實的本質，包括意識和物質、物質和特性、事實和價值之間的關係
(used with a pl. verb)The theoretical or first principles of a particular discipline:
（與複數動詞連用）原理，原則：一個專門學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.
（與單數動詞連用）推理：對於通過科學觀察、分析或實驗無法解決的問題進行的高深莫測的推理
(used with a sing. verb)Excessively subtle or recondite reasoning.
（與單數動詞連用）深奧莫測的推理：極度複雜細緻或深奧博學的推理

來源：
Pl. of Middle English methaphisik
中古英文 methaphisik的複數
from Medieval Latin metaphysica
源自 中世紀拉丁語 metaphysica
from Medieval Greek (ta) metaphusika
源自 中世紀希臘語 (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 (Ta) meta (ta) phusika [得名於物理現象，亞里士多德關於第一原則論文的題目（因其緊隨他在物理學方面工作而得名）]
meta [after] * see meta-
meta [得名於] *參見 meta-
phusika [physics] * see physics
phusika [物理] *參見 physics