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explicative

/ek-spli-key-tiv, ik-splik-uh-tiv/US // ˈɛk splɪˌkeɪ tɪv, ɪkˈsplɪk ə tɪv //

说明性的,阐释性,解释性的,说明性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : explanatory; interpretive.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • All of Edwards's other writings may be arranged in relation to this principle,—as introductory, explicative, or defensive.

  • The first and second are informative, explicative, they take in and dothe other gives out.

  • The explicative myths, arising from utility, from the necessity of knowing.