discursive
/dɪsˈkɜːsɪv/adjective
1
- digressing from subject to subject离题的; 东扯西拉的：
students often write dull, second-hand, discursive prose.
学生们写的文章往往枯燥乏味、缺乏新意、东扯西拉。
1.1
- (of a style of speech or writing) fluent and expansive rather than formulaic or abbreviated（演讲或写作风格）流畅的, 舒展的：
the short story is concentrated, whereas the novel is discursive.
短篇小说的内容是集中的, 而长篇小说则是展得很开的。
2
- of or relating to discourse or modes of discourse论述的; 论述形式的：
the attempt to transform utterances from one discursive context to another.
将讲话从一种论述背景转换到另一种的努力。
3
- Philosophy, archaic proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than by intuition【哲】〈古〉推论的; 推理的。
派生词
discursively
adverbdiscursiveness
noun词源
late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin discursivus, from Latin discurs-， literally 'gone hastily to and fro'， from the verb discurrere （see DISCOURSE）.