descriptive
美音:
[dıs´krıptıv
]英音:
[dıs´krıptıv
]adj.描述的,叙述的
难易程度:
descriptive为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:descriptiveness 副词:descriptively
词根
scribe,script=to write(写)
近义词, 同义词
descriptive
/dɪ'skrɪptɪv; dɪ`skrɪptɪv/
adj
1 (a) giving a picture in words 描述的; 描写的
*a descriptive passage in a novel 小说中的一段描写.
(b) describing sth with skill 精于描述的
*a very descriptive account of a journey 对旅程十分生动的叙述
* The report was so descriptive, I felt as if I were there. 这报道写得活色生香, 我也宛如身临其境.
2 (grammar) describing how language is actually used, without giving rules for how it ought to be used 描写语言的(描述语言的使用实况而不规定使用规则的).
descriptive
adjgiving a description of something
the descriptive passages in the noveltechnical describing how the words of a language are actually used, rather than saying how they ought to be used
≠
prescriptive>descriptivelyadv
1. "a word or words expressing some quality considered characteristic or descriptive of a person or a thing, often expressing approval or disapproval." "表达某种特点的一个或几个字, 这种特点被认为反映了某人或某事的本质、或描述了某人某事,常表示嘉许或不喜欢的意思。"
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