| 单词 | interrogative |
| 释义 | interrogative (once / 4782 pages) 1adjn 2adj Interrogative describes something questioning or that asks a question — like the interrogative tone of a cop grilling a suspect. It’s likely you first met the word interrogative in elementary school along with its pals — declaratory, exclamatory, and imperative. It can be an adjective or noun, but it always has to do with questions or being questioning. An interrogative sentence is one like "What time is it?" If your voice goes up at the end of a sentence because you're seeking information, your tone is interrogative. If you keep asking question after question, you've being extremely interrogative. WORD FAMILYinterrogative: interrogatively, interrogatives+/interrogate: interrogated, interrogates, interrogating, interrogation, interrogative, interrogator, interrogatory/interrogation: interrogations/interrogator: interrogators/interrogatory: interrogatories USAGE EXAMPLES"Arnab has a dedicated viewer base of people who love his direct interrogative style of debates, and also those who hate him," the newspaper explained. BBC(Nov 01, 2016) So in these countries the bank has had to adapt the script to be more interrogative, to get enough audio for a voiceprint. BBC(Jul 11, 2016) In the beginning Josephine points to things and asks “That?” in a tone “both interrogative and imperative.” Seattle Times(May 29, 2016) 1 1adj relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood not all questions have an interrogative construction 2n a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply Syn|Hypo|Hyper interrogation, interrogative sentence, question cross-question a question asked in cross-examination leading questiona question phrased in such a way as to suggest the desired answer; a lawyer may ask leading questions on cross-examination yes-no questiona question that can be answered by yes or no sentence a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language 3n some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood 2Syn|Hyper interrogative mood modality, mode, mood verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker adj relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation Syn|Ant interrogatory asserting, declarative, declaratory relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration |
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