| 单词 | infinitive |
| 释义 | infinitive[ in-fin-i-tiv ] / ɪnˈfɪn ɪ tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR infinitive ON THESAURUS.COM nouna verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.” (in English) the simple or basic form of the verb, as come, take, eat, be, used after auxiliary verbs, as in I didn't come, He must be, or this simple form preceded by a function word, as to in I want to eat. adjectiveconsisting of or containing an infinitive: an infinitive construction.Abbreviation: infin. VIDEO FOR INFINITIVEWATCH NOW: Who vs. Whom: Can You Answer That Plus More Grammar Questions?Wow, we can't believe we're here ... here being Round 4 of these never-ending but very gratifying Grammar Gameshow. Are you ready? Origin of infinitive1425–75; late Middle English <Late Latin infīnītīvus indefinite, equivalent to in-in-3 + fīnītīvus definite; see finite, -ive OTHER WORDS FROM infinitivein·fin·i·tive·ly, adverbWords nearby infinitiveinfinite regress, infinite series, infinitesimal, infinitesimal calculus, infinitival, infinitive, infinitive clause, infinitive marker, infinitize, infinitude, infinity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for infinitiveBritish Dictionary definitions for infinitiveinfinitive / (ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv) / noun grammara form of the verb not inflected for grammatical categories such as tense and person and used without an overt subject. In English, the infinitive usually consists of the word to followed by the verb Derived forms of infinitiveinfinitival (ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtaɪvəl), adjectiveinfinitively or infinitivally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for infinitiveinfinitive The simple or dictionary form of a verb: walk, think, fly, exist. Often the word to marks a verb as an infinitive: “to walk,” “to think,” “to fly,” “to exist.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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