de·scrip·tive
adjectiveOPAL W
/dɪˈskrɪptɪv/
/dɪˈskrɪptɪv/
- saying what somebody/something is like; describing something
描写的；叙述的；说明的 - She read out some of the descriptive passages in the novel.
她把小说中一些描写性段落朗读出来。 - The term I used was meant to be purely descriptive (= not judging).
我所用的措辞是纯叙述性的（并非作出判断）。
Extra Examples- The terms are descriptive of strong emotion.
这些词语用于描述强烈的情感。 - a highly descriptive account of her journey through Africa
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Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- highly
- very
- purely
- …
- of
- She read out some of the descriptive passages in the novel.
- (linguistics) saying how language is actually used, without giving rules for how it should be used
描写性的（描述语言的实际应用而非使用规则）
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from late Latin descriptivus, from descript- ‘written down’, from the verb describere ‘write down’ from de- ‘down’ + scribere ‘write’.