causative
美音:
[´kɔzətıv
]英音:
[´kɔzətıv
]adj.成为原因的 n.使役词
难易程度:
causative为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:causatively
causative
/'kɔ:zətɪv; `kɔzətɪv/
adj
1 acting as a cause 成为原因的.
2 (grammar) (of words or forms of words) expressing a cause (指词或词形)使役的
*`Blacken' is a causative verb meaning `cause to become black'. blacken是使役动词, 意思是`使变黑'.
causative
adj formal
acting as the cause of something
Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases.