di·ag·nos·tic
adjective/ˌdaɪəɡˈnɒstɪk/
/ˌdaɪəɡˈnɑːstɪk/
- [usually before noun] (specialist) connected with identifying an illness or other problem
诊断的;判断的 - to carry out diagnostic assessments/tests
进行诊断性评估/化验 - Get a low-cost car diagnostic tool to identify the fault.
找一个低成本的汽车诊断工具来鉴定故障。 - diagnostic of something specific conditions which are diagnostic of AIDS
诊断为艾滋病的具体症状
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDiagnostic is used with these nouns:- manual
- procedure
- technique
- …
- to carry out diagnostic assessments/tests
- connected with identifying what a student needs to learn
(对学生学习情况)诊断性的 - diagnostic grammar tests
诊断性语法测试
- diagnostic grammar tests
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Greek diagnōstikos ‘able to distinguish’, from diagignōskein ‘distinguish’; the noun from hē diagnōstikē tekhnē ‘the art of distinguishing (disease)’.