| 单词 | constructive |
| 释义 | constructive (once / 1317 pages) adj If you have a constructive idea about how to improve society, you should share it. Something that is constructive brings about improvement and growth. Constructive is an adjective associated with encouraging development, physical or otherwise. It is the opposite of destructive, which means "tending to destroy." If you are a constructive member of a community, you are a positive force, interested in building up and improving your community. You’ll often hear this word used in the phrase "constructive criticism," which refers to helpful criticism intended to encourage improvement. Negative criticism, in contrast, is just intended to show a person they're wrong. WORD FAMILYconstructive: constructively, constructiveness, constructivism, unconstructive+/construct: constructed, constructing, construction, constructive, constructor, constructs, deconstruct, reconstruct/construction: constructions/constructivism: constructivist/constructivist: constructivists/constructor: constructors/deconstruct: deconstructed, deconstructing, deconstruction, deconstructivism, deconstructs/deconstruction: deconstructionism, deconstructions/deconstructionism: deconstructionist/reconstruct: reconstructed, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructive, reconstructs/reconstructed: unreconstructed/reconstruction: reconstructions/unreconstructed: unreconstructedly USAGE EXAMPLESIt seems a far more constructive use of energy to recall the efforts that rose above. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) I want to end this dramatic year writing of a man whose great and constructive work I discovered in 2016. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) In a televised interview last week, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was hoping for “new, fresher and more constructive approaches” from Trump’s administration. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development constructive criticism a constructive attitude a constructive philosophy constructive permission Syn|Ant creative promoting construction or creation formative, plastic, shapingforming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning formativecapable of forming new cells and tissues inferentialbased on interpretation; not directly expressed reconstructive, rehabilitativehelping to restore to good condition structuralconcerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study positivecharacterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. destructive causing destruction or much damage annihilating, annihilative, devastating, witheringwreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction blasting, ruinouscausing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin cataclysmal, cataclysmicseverely destructive caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolicof a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action crushing, devastatingphysically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination damaging, negativedesigned or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions erosivewearing away by friction iconoclasticdestructive of images used in religious worship; said of religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of living things is prohibited ravagingruinously destructive and wasting soul-destroyingdestructive to the spirit or soul wastefullaying waste harmfulcausing or capable of causing harm negativecharacterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features 2adj emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good constructive criticism Syn positive characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. |
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