transitive
/ˈtrænsɪtɪv/adjective
1
- Grammar (of a verb or a sense or use of a verb) able to take a direct object (expressed or implied), e.g. saw in he saw the donkey.【语法】及物的。INTRANSITIVE的反义词。
2
- Logic & Mathematics (of a relation) such that, if it applies between successive members of a sequence, it must also apply between any two members taken in order. For instance, if A is larger than B, and B is larger than C, then A is larger than C.【逻, 数】（关系）可递的, 可迁的, 传递的。
派生词
transitively
adverbtransitiveness
nountransitivity
noun词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'transitory'）： from late Latin transitivus, from transit- 'gone across' （see TRANSIT）.