| 释义 |
ˈpromptive, a. rare.
[f. prompt v. + -ive.]
Tending or calculated to prompt; apt to move or give rise to something.
1884J. Tait Mind in Matter (1892) 2 It is promptive of serious reflection that some of the greatest thinkers of past ages accounted in this way for the manifestation of Mind in providence. 1955W. Faulkner Fable 384 The third man..said,..just diffident and promptive, as you address someone..who may have temporarily forgotten your need or forgotten you: ‘Paris’. |