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primum mobile

/ˈpraɪməm ˈməʊbɪli/

翻译: 拉丁语短语,意为“第一推动者”,中世纪天文学和哲学中用来指最外层的天球,它把运动传递给其他所有天球。现代用法中指运动、力量或影响的首要来源。

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  • zh拉丁语短语,意为“第一推动者”,中世纪天文学和哲学中用来指最外层的天球,它把运动传递给其他所有天球。现代用法中指运动、力量或影响的首要来源。

A Latin phrase meaning 'first moving thing,' historically used in medieval astronomy and philosophy to describe the outermost celestial sphere that imparts motion to all others. In modern usage, it refers to a primary source of motion, power, or influence.

  1. Primary source of motionC2formal

    In medieval astronomy, the outermost celestial sphere that was believed to impart motion to all other spheres.

    zh原动天

    • The primum mobile was thought to be the first cause of all movement in the universe.
    • Medieval scholars debated the nature of the primum mobile.
    • The concept of the primum mobile influenced early cosmological models.
  2. Main driving forceC2formal

    A primary or fundamental source of action, influence, or change.

    zh主要驱动力

    • Innovation is the primum mobile of economic growth.
    • In the novel, greed serves as the primum mobile of the protagonist's actions.
    • The primum mobile of the revolution was the desire for freedom.