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determinative

/dih-tur-muh-ney-tiv, -nuh-tiv/US // dɪˈtɜr məˌneɪ tɪv, -nə tɪv //UK // (dɪˈtɜːmɪnətɪv) //

决定性的,确定性的,决定性,确定性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : serving to determine; determining.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that determines.
    • : a graphic symbol used in ideographic writing to denote a semantic class and written next to a word to indicate in what semantic category that word is to be understood, thus at times distinguishing homographs.

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Examples

  • It may prove determinative in the choices rural youth make to commit to and ultimately improve their hometowns.

  • In fact, according to new research released this afternoon by Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel, 2020 election results showed the country that demographics alone are not determinative of how Americans vote.

  • I’m not willing to call 2020 determinative for anyone, let alone a longtime pro like January, but if Connecticut is going to win it all, January needs a season like her Phoenix years, if not her Indiana ones.

  • Of course, special elections aren't determinative of what will happen in November.

  • As a result Middlesex presents a view of history that is as determinative and linear as you will find in any Greek myth.

  • In Middlesex history is not just determinative; it is also cyclical.

  • Uhry herself doesn't believe those qualities predict school success, but she thinks they are determinative in school admissions.

  • The reader should remember the name, for it was the scene of one of the most remarkable and determinative events in history.

  • The internal condition is determinative, for things that are boresome to one may be very interesting to another.

  • While ìd means primarily “water of the sea”, it is much used also as a determinative before names of rivers.

  • It is a confirmatory method rather than a determinative one.

  • The utterances of the Independent were determinative of popular thought and conviction in an extraordinary degree.