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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

facultative

/fak-uhl-tey-tiv/US // ˈfæk əlˌteɪ tɪv //UK // (ˈfækəltətɪv) //

脸谱化的,脸谱化,脸盆式,脸盆式的

Related Words

discretionary酌情,酌定,斟酌决定,酌定的elective选修课,选修,选修课程,选择性volitional有条件的,有条件,有意志力的,有意志力voluntary自愿,志愿,自愿的,志愿服务discretional酌情,酌情处理,酌定,酌情决定noncompulsory非义务性,非强制性的,非义务性的,非义务nonobligatory非强制性的,非义务性的,非义务性,非强制性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : conferring a faculty, privilege, permission, or the power of doing or not doing something: a facultative enactment.
    • : left to one's option or choice; optional: The last questions in the examination were facultative.
    • : that may or may not take place; that may or may not assume a specified character.
    • : Biology. having the capacity to live under more than one specific set of environmental conditions, as a plant that can lead either a parasitic or a nonparasitic life or a bacterium that can live with or without air.
    • : of or relating to the faculties.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.optional
Synonyms
discretional酌情,酌情处理,酌定,酌情决定discretionary酌情,酌定,斟酌决定,酌定的elective选修课,选修,选修课程,选择性noncompulsory非义务性,非强制性的,非义务性的,非义务nonobligatory非强制性的,非义务性的,非义务性,非强制性not required不需要,不要求,未要求,不需volitional有条件的,有条件,有意志力的,有意志力voluntary自愿,志愿,自愿的,志愿服务

Examples

  • Similarly the saphrophytes are classed as obligatory saphrophytes and facultative parasites.

  • If a parasite cannot exist outside animal tissues, it is an obligatory parasite; if it can, it is a facultative saphrophyte.

  • I have seen this particularly in those cases where facultative divergence also was greater than usual.

  • Moreover, the extent of the "facultative" divergence attainable by prisms shows a considerable latitude.

  • (b) Both saprophytic and facultative parasitic bacteria agree in requiring non-concentrated food.

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