单词 | recreational |
释义 | recreational (once / 6090 pages) adj Something is recreational if you do it just for fun. If you're not a professional golfer but love the game, it's recreational. Anything you do because you enjoy it — rather than because you are obligated to do it — is recreational. Hiking, reading, and visiting museums can all be described this way. Recreational means "something done for recreation," and recreation, which was originally "the curing of a sick person," combines the Latin re, "again" and creare, "to create." Today we think of recreational activities as curing our boredom. WORD FAMILYrecreational: nonrecreational, recreationally+/create: created, creates, creating, creation, creative, creator, creature, miscreate, re-create, recreate/created: re-created/creation: creationism, creations, re-creation/creative: creatively, creativeness, creativity, uncreative/creator: creators/creature: creatures/miscreate: miscreated, miscreating, miscreation/miscreation: miscreations/re-create: re-creating/recreate: recreated, recreates, recreating, recreation/recreation: recreational, recreations/uncreative: uncreatively, uncreativeness USAGE EXAMPLESAnd area residents already use the woodland for educational and recreational purposes, he said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Parenting is about providing children with opportunities while protecting them from harm, and few recreational activities put those impulses in opposition the way football does. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The law also allows for legal action against drivers of snowmobiles or off-highway recreational vehicles that damage private property. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj of or relating to recreation a recreational area with a pool and ball fields 2adj engaged in as a pastime recreational golfers reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating Syn amateur, unpaid nonprofessional not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain |
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