| 释义 |
infinitival, a. Gram.|ɪnˌfɪnɪˈtaɪvəl|
[f. L. infīnītīv-us (see next) + -al1.]
Of or belonging to the infinitive.
1869Farrar Fam. Speech ii. 46 Esse..the infinitival form of the verb ‘to be’. 1877F. Hall Eng. Adject. in -able 47 To all verbs..from the Anglo-Saxon, to all based on the uncorrupted infinitival stems of Latin verbs of the first conjugation, and to all substantives..we annex -able only.
Hence infiniˈtivally adv., after the manner of the infinitive.
1882F. Hall in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. III. 297 (heading) On the English Perfect Participle used Infinitivally. |