| 单词 | productive |
| 释义 | productive (once / 402 pages) adj If you're productive, that means you do a lot — you create or produce large amounts of something. A productive worker makes more widgets than the shirker who keeps sneaking out to gossip and drink coffee. The word productive often describes a person's capability to do a lot of work, but is can refer to anything that produces a lot. The land in your area might be the most productive in the state, meaning crops grow very well there. Productive can be used more broadly to describe something that produces a positive result. For example, you might have a productive conversation with your mom about your college plans, or you might make a productive investment. WORD FAMILYproductive: counterproductive, nonproductive, productively, productiveness, productivity, unproductive+/counterproductive: counterproductively/overproduce: overproduced, overproducing, overproduction/overproduction: overproductions/produce: overproduce, produced, producer, produces, producing, production, productive, underproduce/produced: self-produced/producer: producers/production: productions/underproduce: underproduced, underproduces, underproducing, underproduction/unproductive: unproductively, unproductiveness USAGE EXAMPLESThe truth remains that Cousins was a highly productive passer this season for a team with obvious flaws in other areas, particularly on defense. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) She’s one of the most watchable filmmakers around, and luckily for us, she’s also one of the most productive. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) “In fact, the majority of those on welfare who are not children, aged or disabled are people who want the opportunity to be productive.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly) productive farmland his productive years a productive collaboration Syn|Ant creative, originative having the ability or power to create fertilecapable of reproducing fruitfulproductive or conducive to producing in abundance amentaceous, amentiferous(of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins arable, cultivable, cultivatable, tillable(of farmland) capable of being farmed productively fecund, fertile, prolificintellectually productive fur-bearingof animals having fur (especially of commercial quality) nut-bearing(of shrubs or trees) producing nuts oil-bearingcontaining oil richvery productive profitableyielding material gain or profit successfulhaving succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome unproductive not producing or capable of producing uncreativenot creative infertile, sterile, unfertileincapable of reproducing bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vainunproductive of success dryunproductive especially of the expected results nonproductivenot directly productive unprofitableproducing little or no profit or gain 2adj having the ability to produce or originate Syn|Ant generative consumptive tending to consume or use often wastefully exploitative, exploitatory, exploitivetending to exploit or make use of 3adj yielding positive results Syn successful having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome 4adj marked by great fruitfulness a productive vineyard Syn fat, fertile, rich fruitful productive or conducive to producing in abundance |
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