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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. 1
    • : constituting a particular quality, trait, or difference; characteristic; notable.
    • : making distinctions; discriminating.
    • : discriminatory.

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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.