2017년 6월 7일 수요일

Dic/ sound as an adj meaning 'free from mistakes'


─ If you describe someone's ideas as sound, you mean that you approve of them and think they are correct.

  • I am not sure that this is sound democratic practice.
  • I think the idea of secularism is a very sound one.

─ free from mistkes: showing good judgment
  • a sound argument
  • She used sound reasoning in making the decision.
  • She gave us some sound advice.
  • a sound investment
─ (always used before a noun) complete or thorough
  • She has a sound understanding of the system's structure.
  • The stock market has made a sound recovery.
  • They gave us a sound beating in yesterday's game. [= They beat/defeated us easily by a large amount.]

─ valid, logical, or justifiable: a sound argument
─ thorough; complete: a sound examination

...... COBUILD, Merriam Webster Learner's Dic, Collins

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