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indicatively

/in-dik-uh-tiv/US // ɪnˈdɪk ə tɪv //UK // (ɪnˈdɪkətɪv) //

指示性地,指示性的,表示性地,指示性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive: behavior indicative of mental disorder.
    • : Grammar. noting or pertaining to the mood of the verb used for ordinary objective statements, questions, etc., as the verb plays in John plays football.Compare imperative, subjunctive.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Grammar.

    • : the indicative mood.
    • : a verb in the indicative.

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Examples

  • To see this feature in “all three of the major branches” of mammals — placental mammals, marsupials and monotremes — “is really indicative that it is an ancestral trait,” Anich says, and she’d like to see further research explore that possibility.

  • They are, however, indicative of trends in the larger advertising ecosystem.

  • Of course, partisan affiliation, while indicative of how a person might vote, doesn’t guarantee a person will vote for their party’s candidates.

  • That was indicative, I think, of the general investment in data and technology.

  • That impressive milestone was indicative of global decline in smartphone sales amid the pandemic.

  • He raised his forefinger indicatively, as parents do to children.

  • She glanced indicatively down the lawn, in the direction of Peter's retreating tweeds.