| 释义 |
reˈviewatory, a. nonce-wd.
[f. as prec.]
Of or pertaining to the writing of reviews.
1822L. Hunt Liberal I. 70 It is the fault of the ‘accursed critical spirit’ that is the bane of these times, that we are obliged to be..base and reviewatory like the rest. 1831Fraser's Mag. III. 101 A candour most unusual in persons of the reviewatory profession. 1837Ibid. XVI. 666 He has passed unnamed by the ordinary guardians of the gates reviewatory. |