Glossary entry

Chinese term or phrase:

open ended

English translation:

(事先)不考虑结果的

Added to glossary by anne2004
Feb 10, 2004 16:30
20 yrs ago
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Chinese term

open ended

Homework / test Chinese to English Other Internet, e-Commerce
For every question, it is open ended.

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(事先)不考虑结果的

open-ended
adjective
An open-ended activity or situation does not have a planned ending, so it may develop in several ways:
We are not willing to enter into open-ended discussions.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Peer comment(s):

disagree Mari_R_ : Ray, I am very sorry to say this even though the asker has already chosen this translation. "(~{JBOH~})~{2;?
20 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for your answer."
+5
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开放式问题

also as "开放答案的问题", "开放性提问"

www.dajiyuan.com/gb/3/12/13/n428945.htm

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Note added at 18 mins (2004-02-10 16:49:02 GMT)
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提问的技巧: 开放性的提问(open-ended questions) 不要特定的答题,给受
访者一定的伸缩余地和灵活性较易引被访者说话被访者较愿意提供资
料,较易发挥

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Note added at 3 hrs 29 mins (2004-02-10 19:59:42 GMT) Post-grading
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oh no, Anne.... if this is for your exams, I strongly recommend that you consider my answer. I am not saying this for the sake of Kudoz points; 不考虑结果的 is definitely not the right answer. *sorry, Ray*

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Note added at 3 hrs 30 mins (2004-02-10 20:00:46 GMT) Post-grading
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... or wait to hear more suggestions....

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Note added at 3 hrs 33 mins (2004-02-10 20:04:03 GMT) Post-grading
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spend some time to read through this page: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/601106

This was a question on \"open-ended question\". You will get a better picture of what an \"open-ended question\" is.
Peer comment(s):

agree Chinoise
13 mins
thanks!!
agree Anon (X) : ~{6TC?R;<~JB#,6
14 mins
thanks!!
agree jyuan_us : Your gender is______. A. male B. Female ( This is a close-ended question ). What comes to your mind when we mention the wrod humanity? ( This is an open-ended question)
2 hrs
I don't care!! I am not a mean person!! Okay, you had better put up your example again. That was a good one.
agree shu (X) : see http://www.fortleavenworthmwr.com/cdsresource/OPNEND.html
3 hrs
thanks!! :)
agree Kvasir
10 hrs
thanks!!
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10 hrs

无预期目标的

open-ended = without stating any clear aim in advance 无预期目标的 eg an open-ended discussion 不受拘束的自由讨论
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22 hrs

~{N^O^6(~},~{N^O^VF~}

A person may have thought or tried to predict about results/answers/outcomes for a question. However, a person himself/herself has his or her own limitation of knowledege. To say 'for every question, it is open-ended.', it means we have to bear in mind that there may exist other possible answers that is out of our scope of consideration.
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