单词	demonstrative
释义	demonstrativede‧mon‧stra‧tive /dɪˈmɒnstrətɪv $ dɪˈmɑːn-/ AWL adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Dave's not very demonstrative, but I know he loves me. His parents were never very demonstrative towards him, so he finds it hard to show his own feelings. She's not a very demonstrative person, but her friends are important to her. We use the dolls for demonstrative purposes in sessions with young children. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A mathematical proof about some property of a triangle does not, Gassendi thinks, give demonstrative understanding of its cause. It was not a demonstrative friendship; they had never kissed, had never indeed touched hands except at that first meeting. Loulou charged up to each new arrival, thumping and hugging in a demonstrative greeting. Patrick had not been a demonstrative man. Peter, who made his fortune in the family wallpaper business, was a generous, demonstrative and easy-going stepfather. The demonstrative determiners combine with non-deictic terms for spatial organization to yield complex deictic descriptions of location. The verb is longer but unambiguous, a demonstrative moment as the tongue flicks anxiously away from the palate to release the vowel. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who usually shows what they feel and think► open someone who is open does not try to hide what they are feeling or thinking: · He had a very open nature.· My New Year resolution is to be more honest and open towards other people.open about: · Julia was quite open about her disappointment.· So I'll lose my job, just for being open about my beliefs. ► demonstrative someone who is demonstrative shows feelings of friendliness or love clearly and without being embarrassed, for example by kissing or touching: · His parents were never very demonstrative towards him, so he finds it hard to show his own feelings.· She's not a very demonstrative person, but her friends are important to her. WORD SETS► Grammar abbr., abbreviate, verbabbreviation, nounabstract noun, nounaccusative, nounactive, adjectiveadj., adjective, nounadv., adverb, nounadverbial, adjectiveaffix, nounantecedent, nounapposition, nounarticle, nounaspect, nounattributive, adjectiveaux., auxiliary, nounauxiliary verb, nouncase, nouncausal, adjectiveclause, nouncollective noun, nouncommon noun, nouncomparative, adjectivecomparison, nouncomplement, nouncomplex, adjectivecompound, nounconcord, nounconcrete noun, nounconditional, adjectiveconditional, nounconj., conjugate, verbconjugation, nounconjunction, nounconnective, nounconstruction, nouncontinuous, adjectivecontraction, nouncoordinate, adjectivecoordinating conjunction, nouncopula, nouncountable, adjectivecount noun, noundative, noundeclension, noundefinite article, noundemonstrative, adjectivedemonstrative pronoun, noundependent clause, noundeterminer, noundirect discourse, noundirect object, noundirect speech, noundisjunctive, adjectiveditransitive, adjectivedouble negative, noun-ed, suffixending, noun-est, suffix-eth, suffixfeminine, adjectivefinite, adjectiveform, nounfunction word, nounfuture, adjectivegender, noungenitive, noungerund, noungradable, adjectivegrammar, noungrammarian, noungrammatical, adjectivehistoric present, nounhomonym, nounhomophone, nounimperative, adjectiveimperative, nounimpersonal, adjectiveindefinite article, nounindependent clause, nounindicative, nounindicative, adjectiveindirect discourse, nounindirect object, nounindirect speech, nouninfinitive, nouninflect, verbinflected, adjectiveinflection, noun-ing, suffixintensifier, nouninterjection, nouninterrogative, adjectiveinterrogative, nounintransitive, adjectivelinking verb, nounmain clause, nounmasculine, adjectivemodal, nounmodal auxiliary, nounmodal verb, nounmodifier, nounmodify, verbmood, nounn., neuter, adjectivenominal, adjectivenominative, nounnon-finite, adjectivenon-restrictive, adjectivenoun, nounnumber, nounobject, nounparse, verbparticipial, adjectiveparticiple, nounparticle, nounpartitive, nounpart of speech, nounpassive, adjectivepassivize, verbpast, adjectivepast participle, nounpast perfect, nounperfect participle, nounperiphrasis, nounpersonal pronoun, nounphrasal verb, nounphrase, nounpl., plural, nounplural, adjectiveplurality, nounpossessive, adjectivepossessive, nounpredeterminer, nounpredicate, nounpredicative, adjectiveprefix, nounprefix, verbprep., preposition, nounprepositional phrase, nounpres., present participle, nounprogressive, adjectivepronominal, adjectivepronoun, nounproper noun, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounqualifier, nounquantifier, nounquestion tag, nounreflexive, adjectiveregular, adjectiverelative clause, nounrelative pronoun, nounreported speech, nounrestrictive clause, nounroot, nounrule, nounrun-on sentence, nounsecond person, nounsemicolon, nounsentence, nounsentence adverb, nounsingular, adjectivesolecism, nounsplit infinitive, nounstative, adjectivestem, nounsubject, nounsubjective, adjectivesubjunctive, nounsubordinate clause, nounsubstantive, nounsuffix, nounsuperlative, adjectivesyntactic, adjectivesyntax, nountag, nountense, nountransitive, adjectiveuncountable, adjectivev., variant, nounverb, nounverbal, adjectivevocative, noun Word family WORD FAMILYnoundemonstrationdemonstratoradjectivedemonstrabledemonstrativeadverbdemonstrablydemonstrativelyverbdemonstrate willing to show that you care about someone:  My mother wasn’t demonstrative; she never hugged me.—demonstratively adverb
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