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单词 recreational
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Definition of recreational in English:

recreational

adjective rɛkrɪˈeɪʃənlˌrɛkriˈeɪʃ(ə)n(ə)l
  • 1Relating to or denoting activity done for enjoyment when one is not working.

    money to provide recreational facilities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Romans had a special fondness for mineral spas, visiting them for medicinal and recreational purposes.
    • Apart from the inadequacy of the building the school yard is much too small for recreational purposes.
    • The covenant requires the land be used principally for cultural and recreational activities.
    • The occupants have started indulging in some social and recreational activities.
    • Initially, children had no access to recreational facilities, not even balls.
    • The day centre provides educational and recreational activities for people with learning disabilities.
    • This is a credit to the local community and they have a right to expect funding for recreational facilities.
    • This room provides a great recreational facility for the youth in the community.
    • Mr Barry said that up to 10 acres would be set aside for recreational purposes.
    • Some children have spent all their primary school lives in prefabs with no recreational facilities.
    • You can bet that socializing is the reason most people take part in group recreational activities.
    • It would be used for seven days and four evenings a week, mainly for recreational and educational purposes.
    • You are asked to list recreational interests and activities, membership of clubs and societies.
    • Visitors are also given information on recreational activities in the area.
    • Lack of proper recreational facilities for the elderly will be felt more acutely in the coming years.
    • What recreational activity would you take up if you had the time and/or money?
    • He expressed the hope that it would be developed as a social or recreational facility.
    • An ambitious plan to convert two acres of unused allotments into recreational facilities was launched today.
    • Are there any facilities or institutions for youth leisure and recreational activities?
    • What do you think about the open space, sports and recreational facilities available in the Chelmsford borough?
    Synonyms
    promiscuous, extramarital
    1. 1.1 Relating to or denoting drugs taken on an occasional basis for enjoyment.
      recreational drug use
      some players have dallied with recreational drugs
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The recreational drug ecstasy is neurotoxic if taken in high enough doses.
      • For as far back as David can remember, his mother used drugs on a recreational basis.
      • It is one of the drugs of choice among recreational users in pubs and clubs as well as among problem drug-users.
      • The results shocked many and were seized on by the lay press in their campaigns against recreational drugs.
      • Does this mean that using recreational drugs in your private life is worse than attacking and causing harm to another person?
      • At this point, back in the early half of the Eighties, cocaine was a recreational drug.
      • A new study suggests younger men are using the drug for recreational purposes.
      • The consumption of recreational drugs has reached epidemic proportions.
      • Why not legalise cannabis (for recreational use) and tax it to the same extent as tobacco?
      • For the last forty years, attitudes towards recreational drug use have steadily been relaxing.
      • Perhaps it is like that for rock stars, but it's pretty rare that it's like that for your average recreational drug user.
      • Every recreational hard drug conceivable is washed down with booze, both bought and stolen.
      • I don't believe that cannabis should have a place in society as a legal recreational drug.
      • It's particularly aimed at users of recreational drugs like cannabis, speed and ecstasy.
      • I started off by smoking cannabis with friends on a recreational basis.
      • If people, of their own free will, choose to take dangerous drugs for recreational reasons that is regrettable.
      • Namely, it would be taxed in the same way as cigarettes, alcohol and other unnecessary recreational drugs.
      • I would like to see a massive study done on marijuana use for both medicinal and recreational purposes.
      • In this country you can still be detained for having anything over a quarter-ounce of a recreational drug in your pocket.
      • I am completely sober and not on any drugs, medical or recreational.

Derivatives

  • recreationally

  • adverb
    • They hope that if society can come to accept that marijuana has medical benefits, it will eventually accept the notion that it can be used recreationally, just like alcohol.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As with alcohol or drugs, while most people can gamble purely recreationally, for some people it's a means of escape that can get out of control.
      • ‘The majority of people are using these drugs recreationally and are probably under-estimating the harm they are doing to their overall life,’ he said.
      • She's played soccer, competitively and recreationally, for 16 years.
      • And Inspector Mangan said that, although the public perception of ecstasy users was of clubbers and teenagers, people of all ages and walks of life take the drug recreationally.
 
 

Definition of recreational in US English:

recreational

adjectiveˌrɛkriˈeɪʃ(ə)n(ə)lˌrekrēˈāSH(ə)n(ə)l
  • 1Relating to or denoting activity done for enjoyment when one is not working.

    recreational facilities
    recreational cycling in the countryside
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What recreational activity would you take up if you had the time and/or money?
    • Apart from the inadequacy of the building the school yard is much too small for recreational purposes.
    • You can bet that socializing is the reason most people take part in group recreational activities.
    • It would be used for seven days and four evenings a week, mainly for recreational and educational purposes.
    • He expressed the hope that it would be developed as a social or recreational facility.
    • Initially, children had no access to recreational facilities, not even balls.
    • You are asked to list recreational interests and activities, membership of clubs and societies.
    • Some children have spent all their primary school lives in prefabs with no recreational facilities.
    • The Romans had a special fondness for mineral spas, visiting them for medicinal and recreational purposes.
    • What do you think about the open space, sports and recreational facilities available in the Chelmsford borough?
    • This room provides a great recreational facility for the youth in the community.
    • Are there any facilities or institutions for youth leisure and recreational activities?
    • Visitors are also given information on recreational activities in the area.
    • This is a credit to the local community and they have a right to expect funding for recreational facilities.
    • Mr Barry said that up to 10 acres would be set aside for recreational purposes.
    • The covenant requires the land be used principally for cultural and recreational activities.
    • The occupants have started indulging in some social and recreational activities.
    • Lack of proper recreational facilities for the elderly will be felt more acutely in the coming years.
    • An ambitious plan to convert two acres of unused allotments into recreational facilities was launched today.
    • The day centre provides educational and recreational activities for people with learning disabilities.
    Synonyms
    promiscuous, extramarital
    1. 1.1 Relating to or denoting drugs taken on an occasional basis for enjoyment, especially when socializing.
      recreational drug use
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Why not legalise cannabis (for recreational use) and tax it to the same extent as tobacco?
      • For as far back as David can remember, his mother used drugs on a recreational basis.
      • I would like to see a massive study done on marijuana use for both medicinal and recreational purposes.
      • It's particularly aimed at users of recreational drugs like cannabis, speed and ecstasy.
      • At this point, back in the early half of the Eighties, cocaine was a recreational drug.
      • In this country you can still be detained for having anything over a quarter-ounce of a recreational drug in your pocket.
      • For the last forty years, attitudes towards recreational drug use have steadily been relaxing.
      • Does this mean that using recreational drugs in your private life is worse than attacking and causing harm to another person?
      • Namely, it would be taxed in the same way as cigarettes, alcohol and other unnecessary recreational drugs.
      • It is one of the drugs of choice among recreational users in pubs and clubs as well as among problem drug-users.
      • I don't believe that cannabis should have a place in society as a legal recreational drug.
      • Perhaps it is like that for rock stars, but it's pretty rare that it's like that for your average recreational drug user.
      • The recreational drug ecstasy is neurotoxic if taken in high enough doses.
      • The consumption of recreational drugs has reached epidemic proportions.
      • Every recreational hard drug conceivable is washed down with booze, both bought and stolen.
      • I am completely sober and not on any drugs, medical or recreational.
      • I started off by smoking cannabis with friends on a recreational basis.
      • The results shocked many and were seized on by the lay press in their campaigns against recreational drugs.
      • A new study suggests younger men are using the drug for recreational purposes.
      • If people, of their own free will, choose to take dangerous drugs for recreational reasons that is regrettable.
 
 
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