discriminative
/dih-skrim-uh-ney-tiv, -nuh-tiv/US // dɪˈskrɪm əˌneɪ tɪv, -nə tɪv //
辨别性的,鉴别性的,辨别性,歧视性的
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
- : making distinctions; discriminating.
- : discriminatory.
Synonyms & Antonyms
adj.discriminating
Examples
The Pekingese are very discriminative and frequently condescendingly refer to all other Chinese as "outside men" or "foreigners."
Compunction at incipient crime, and gratitude to find its punishment so mercifully speedy, so lenient, so discriminative?
The retentive power works up to the height of the discriminative power; it can do no more.
In him the discriminative sensory perceptions kept pace with great intellectual activities—attention and judgment.
Of him his best friend, Sydney Smith, left a short but discriminative character.
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