desiderative
/dih-sid-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv/US // dɪˈsɪd ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv //UK // (dɪˈzɪdərətɪv) //
有意的,有意者,有意义的,有意
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : having or expressing desire.
- : 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.
Examples
Reduplication was further adapted to the expression of intensity and desire (in the so-called intensive and desiderative forms).
Associated words: desiderative, desideratum, orectic, optative.
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