| 单词 |
contrastive |
| 释义 |
contrastiveenUK
con·tras·tive C0608450 (kən-trăs′tĭv)adj.1. Containing or forming a contrast; contrasting.2. Linguistics a. Capable of distinguishing meaning; being in opposition: a phonological feature that is contrastive in one language but not in another.b. Pertaining to the study of structural contrasts: contrastive analysis.
con·tras′tive·ly adv.con·tras′tive·ness n.con•tras•tive (kənˈtræs tɪv)
adj. 1. tending to contrast; contrasting. 2. of or pertaining to the study of the similarities and differences between languages or dialects without reference to their origins: contrastive analysis. [1810–20] con•tras′tive•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | contrastive - of words so related that one contrasts with the other; "`rich' and `hard-up' are contrastive terms"incompatibleantonymous - of words: having opposite meanings | | 2. | contrastive - strikingly different; tending to contrast; "contrasting (or contrastive) colors"contrastingdifferent - unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one" | | 3. | contrastive - syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence; "disjunctive conjunctions like `but', `or', or `though' serve a contrastive function"grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)disjunctive - serving or tending to divide or separate |
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Synonyms for contrastiveadj of words so related that one contrasts with the otherSynonymsRelated Wordsadj strikingly differentSynonymsRelated Wordsadj syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentenceRelated Words |
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