单词 | descriptive |
释义 | de·scrip·tive I. 1. < a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous orangutan — E.A.Poe > < outjutting formations have been given descriptive names: the Devil's Chair is 80 feet high — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < purely descriptive poetry — Yvor Winters > — distinguished from critical, evaluative, and theoretical 2. a. < descriptive expressions > < descriptive disciplines > b. < a descriptive judgments > < descriptive theories > < that this meaning shall be called “descriptive” when the responses evoked are cognitions and shall be called “emotive” when the responses evoked are attitudes — Asher Moore > 3. a. of a modifying word < hot in “hot water” and sick in “a sick man” are descriptive adjectives > — distinguished from limiting b. of a modifier, especially a clause c. of a compound 4. < descriptive linguistics > < descriptive grammar > < a descriptive study > — compare comparative 4a 5. < regarded most European systems as descriptive and those of primitive peoples as classificatory — R.H.Lowie > — compare classificatory • de·scrip·tive·ly • de·scrip·tive·ness II. |
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