expressed clearly and in a way that shows that you are very sure about what you are saying 明确的;绝对的 to make a categorical statement 发表明确声明 to give a categorical assurance 提供绝对保证 They gave him a categorical assurance that he would not be hurt. 他们向他明确保证他不会受到伤害。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCategorical is used with these nouns:- assurance
- distinction
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from late Latin categoricus (from Greek katēgorikos, from katēgoria ‘statement’, from katēgoros ‘accuser’) + -al.