internal
adj
1 of or on the inside 內部的; 在內部的
the internal workings of a machine 機器內部的運轉
holding an internal inquiry (ie within an organization) to find out who is responsible 進行內部調查, 找出應對此事承擔責任的人
(mathematics 數) an internal angle, eg one of the three inside a triangle 內角. Cf 參看 external.
2 (medical 醫) of the inside of the body 體內的: internal organs 內臟
internal medicine, ie medical study of the interior of the body 內科學
(infml 口) She's been having some internal problems. 她一直有些內科疾病.
3 of the mind, but not outwardly expressed 內心的; 精神的
wrestling with internal doubts 疑慮重重心神不定.
4 (of examinations, etc) set and marked within a school, university, college, etc (指考試等)校內的
an internal examiner, ie one who marks papers from his own college, etc 校內主考人.
5 of political, economic, etc affairs within a country, rather than abroad; domestic 國內的; 內政的
internal trade, revenue, etc 國內貿易、 稅收等.
6 (derived from) within the thing itself (得自)本身的
a theory which lacks internal consistency, ie of which the parts do not fit together 缺乏內部一致性的理論
internal evidence, eg of when a book was written 內在證據(如從書中可知悉其寫作時間).