| 单词 | evaluative |
| 释义 | evaluative (once / 622069 pages) adj To be evaluative is to consider or judge something carefully. Find yourself deeply contemplating whether the new polka dot paint job really brightened up your kitchen? Then you are looking at those dots with an evaluative eye. At the core of the word evaluative is value. When you judge something, you are determining its value — like the value of a mathematical equation. Though both value and the related verb evaluate have some place in math classes, you will more often encounter evaluative in situations that call for critical thinking and judgment. So you will probably want to rewrite the boring ending before an editor turns her evaluative pen on it! WORD FAMILYevaluate: evaluated, evaluates, evaluating, evaluation, evaluative, evaluator, reevaluate+/evaluation: evaluations, underevaluation/evaluator: evaluators/reevaluate: reevaluated, reevaluating, reevaluation USAGE EXAMPLESThe Canadian researchers accessed data from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, a nonprofit medical data repository. US News(Oct 18, 2016) Using tools made possible by nanotechnology, scientists and engineers have collaborated to develop new evaluative approaches for engineered nanomaterials in the environment. Slate(Sep 29, 2016) In the photos, the boy is looking directly at the camera and his expression is calm and evaluative. The New Yorker(Sep 20, 2016) adj exercising or involving careful evaluations the literary judge uses many evaluative terms Syn appraising critical characterized by careful evaluation and judgment |
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