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单词 predicative
释义

pre·dic·a·tive

adjective
/prɪˈdɪkətɪv/
/ˈpredɪkeɪtɪv/
(grammar)
  1. (of an adjective) coming after a verb such as be, become, get, seem, look. Many adjectives, for example old can be either predicative as in The man is very old, or attributive as in an old man. Some, like asleep, can only be predicative.作表语的,谓语性的(例如 asleep,用于 be、become、get、seem、look 等动词后;与 attributive 相对)Topics Languagec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPredicative is used with these nouns:
    • adjective
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin praedicativus, from praedicat- ‘declared’ (in medieval Latin ‘predicated’), from the verb praedicare, from prae ‘beforehand’ + dicare ‘make known’.
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