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)動詞連用）【哲學】 形而上學，玄學：哲學一分支，研究現(xiàn)實的本質(zhì)，包括意識和物質(zhì)、物質(zhì)和特性、事實和價值之間的關(guān)系
(used with a pl. verb)The theoretical or first principles of a particular discipline:
（與復數(shù)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(shù)動詞連用）推理：對于通過科學觀察、分析或?qū)嶒灍o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(shù)動詞連用）深奧莫測的推理：極度復雜細致或深奧博學的推理

來源：
Pl. of Middle English methaphisik
中古英語 methaphisik的復數(shù)
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