英语词汇“descriptive”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	descriptive
释义	de·scrip·tive I. \də̇ˈskriptiv, dēˈ-, -tēv also -təv\ adjective Etymology: Late Latin descriptivus, from Latin descriptus + -ivus -ive 1. : serving to describe : characterized by description : representational through presentation of observed facts < a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous orangutan — E.A.Poe > < outjutting formations have been given descriptive names: the Devil's Chair is 80 feet high — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < purely descriptive poetry — Yvor Winters > — distinguished from critical, evaluative, and theoretical 2. a. : referring to, constituting, or concerned with empirical things or events or with their parts, characteristics, or functions < descriptive expressions > < descriptive disciplines > b. : factually grounded or informative rather than normative, prescriptive, emotive, aprioristic, or analytical < a descriptive judgments > < descriptive theories > < that this meaning shall be called “descriptive” when the responses evoked are cognitions and shall be called “emotive” when the responses evoked are attitudes — Asher Moore > 3. a. of a modifying word : expressing the quality, kind, or condition of what is denoted by the modified term < hot in “hot water” and sick in “a sick man” are descriptive adjectives > — distinguished from limiting b. of a modifier, especially a clause : nonrestrictive c. of a compound : belonging to the karmadharaya class 4. : characterized by or connected with description of the structure of a language at a particular time usually with rigorous exclusion of historical and comparative judgments < descriptive linguistics > < descriptive grammar > < a descriptive study > — compare comparative 4a 5. : characterized by kinship name classes that apply in part only to lineal relatives (as grandfather, father, son, grandchild) and in part only to collateral relatives (as uncle, cousin, nephew) regardless of the sex of the connecting relatives < regarded most European systems as descriptive and those of primitive peoples as classificatory — R.H.Lowie > — compare classificatory • de·scrip·tive·ly \-tə̇vlē, -li\ adverb • de·scrip·tive·ness \-tə̇vnə̇s\ noun -es II. noun (-s) : a distinctive word, phrase, or sentence applied to a particular product in advertising
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