prescriptive
adj.说明性的
难易程度:
prescriptive为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:prescriptiveness 副词:prescriptively
词根
scribe,script=to write(写)
近义词, 同义词
prescriptive
/prɪ'skrɪptɪv; prɪ`skrɪptɪv/ adj (fml 文)1 (a) making rules or giving orders or directions 规定的; 指定的; 规范的
*prescriptive teaching methods 规定的教学法.
(b) (grammar) telling people how they ought to use a language (在指导语言运用方面)规定性的, 规范性的
*a prescriptive grammar of the English language 英语规范语法. Cf 参看 descriptive 2.
2 made legal or acceptable by long-standing custom 因长期使用而合法或认可的; 约定俗成的
*prescriptive rights 因时效而获得的权利.
prescriptive
adjsaying how something should or must be done, or what should be done
prescriptive teaching methodsstating how a language should be used, rather than describing how it is used
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descriptive prescriptive grammarprescriptive rightBrE law a right that has existed for so long that it is as effective as a law
>prescriptivelyadv