| 释义 |
descriptive/diˈskriptiv/adj. 1 serving or seeking to describe 描写的；叙述的；说明的；记叙体的 a descriptive writer 一位记叙文作家 2 describing or classifying without expressing feelings or judging (不带感情、不加评论的)描写性的；记述性的 a purely descriptive account 纯记述性的报导 3 Linguistics describing a language without comparing, endorsing, or condemning particular usage, vocabulary, etc. (opp. 反义 PRESCRIPTIVE) 【语言学】(特殊的用法、词汇等)描写的；描述的 4 Gram. (of an adjective) describing the noun, rather than its relation, position, etc., e.g. blue as distinct from few 【语法】(形容词)描述性的(指该形容词是描述名词，而不是表明关系、位置等，如 blue 是描写，而 few 就不是) □ descriptively adv.□ descriptiveness n.[Late Latin descriptivus (as DESCRIBE)] |