expressed clearly and in a way that shows that you are very sure about what you are saying 明確的;絕對的 to make a categorical statement 發表明確聲明 to give a categorical assurance 提供絕對保證 They gave him a categorical assurance that he would not be hurt. 他們向他明確保證他不會受到傷害。
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.