• adj. 經驗主義的，完全根據經驗的；實證的

em-, 進入，使。-pir, 嘗試，冒險，詞源同pirate, expert.字面意思即嘗試過的，有經驗的。

empirical

empirical: [16] Despite their formal resemblance, empirical and empire are completely unrelated. Empirical comes ultimately from the Greek adjective émpeiros ‘skilled or experienced in’, a compound formed from the prefix en- ‘in’ and peira ‘attempt, trial’ (a relative of English expert, peril, pirate, and repertory). From this were derived successively the noun empeiría ‘experience’ and empeirikós, which English acquired via Latin empiricus.
=> expert, peril, pirate, repertory

empirical (adj.)

1560s, originally in medicine, "pertaining to or derived from experience or experiments," from empiric + -al (1). In a general sense of "guided by mere experience" from 1757. Related: Empirically (1640s as "by means of observation and experiment").

1. The empirical evidence considered here is subject to many qualifications.

此處提及的實驗證據有諸多限制條件。

來自柯林斯例句

2. We now have empirical evidence that the moon is covered with dust.

現在我們有實踐經驗證明月球上布滿了灰塵.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Much of her work is speculative, based on psychoanalytic theory rather than empirical data.

她的著作中有相當一部分內容是推測性的，建立在精神分析理論之上而缺乏來自實際經驗的數據。

來自柯林斯例句

4. There is no empirical evidence to support his thesis.

他的論文缺乏實驗證據的支持。

來自辭典例句

5. Empirical observation says that it is rarely a problem for users.

但經驗顯示,這對用戶來說通常不是問題.

來自About Face 3交互設計精髓