英语词汇“attributive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

attributive

/əˈtrɪbjʊtɪv

adjective Grammar

(Of an adjective or other modifier) preceding the word that it modifies and expressing an attribute, as old in the old dog (but not in the dog is old) and expiry in expiry date. Contrasted with predicative.Word combination often leads to strings of adjectives and attributive nouns, a style that began in Time magazine in the 1920s, with the aim of providing impact and ‘colour’....

In his introduction to the book, the 6th word is an attributive adjective.
When we use the expression a London Fog raincoat, we use London Fog as an attributive modifier of the noun raincoat.

Derivatives

attributively

/əˈtrɪbjʊtɪvli

/ adverb ...

Tall may be used both attributively and predicatively, as in a tall man and The man is tall.
In the first case the description is used attributively, in the second referentially.

Origin

Mid 18th century (as a noun in the sense 'a word expressing an attribute'): from French attributif, -ive, from attribut 'an attribute', from Latin attribuere 'add to' (see attribute).

单词	attributive
释义	attributive /əˈtrɪbjʊtɪv / adjective Grammar (Of an adjective or other modifier) preceding the word that it modifies and expressing an attribute, as old in the old dog (but not in the dog is old) and expiry in expiry date. Contrasted with predicative.Word combination often leads to strings of adjectives and attributive nouns, a style that began in Time magazine in the 1920s, with the aim of providing impact and ‘colour’.... In his introduction to the book, the 6th word is an attributive adjective. When we use the expression a London Fog raincoat, we use London Fog as an attributive modifier of the noun raincoat. Derivatives attributively /əˈtrɪbjʊtɪvli / adverb ... Tall may be used both attributively and predicatively, as in a tall man and The man is tall. In the first case the description is used attributively, in the second referentially. Origin Mid 18th century (as a noun in the sense 'a word expressing an attribute'): from French attributif, -ive, from attribut 'an attribute', from Latin attribuere 'add to' (see attribute).
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