desiderative / dɪˈsɪd ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv /

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desiderative 的 2 个定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. having or expressing desire.
  2. Grammar. expressing desire to perform the action denoted by the underlying verb, as Sanskrit pi-patiṣ-ati “he wishes to fly” from pát-ati, “he flies.”
n. 名词 noun
  1. Grammar. a desiderative verb.

更多desiderative例句

  1. Reduplication was further adapted to the expression of intensity and desire (in the so-called intensive and desiderative forms).
  2. Associated words: desiderative, desideratum, orectic, optative.