| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•ces•sive (kən ses′iv),USA pronunciation adj. - tending or serving to concede.
- Grammarexpressing concession, as the English conjunction though.
- Late Latin concēssīvus. See concession, -ive
- 1705–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: conˈcessive /kənˈsɛsɪv/ adj - implying or involving concession; tending to concede
- a conjunction, preposition, phrase, or clause describing a state of affairs that might have been expected to rule out what is described in the main clause but in fact does not: "Although" in the sentence "Although they had been warned, they refused to take care" is a concessive conjunction
Etymology: 18th Century: from Late Latin concēssīvus, from Latin concēdere to concede |