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interrogative

/in-tuh-rog-uh-tiv/US // ˌɪn təˈrɒg ə tɪv //UK // (ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv) //

疑问句,问句式,讯问语,讯问句

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or conveying a question.
    • : Grammar. forming, constituting, or used in or to form a question: an interrogative pronoun, suffix, particle, or sentence.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Grammar. an interrogative word, element, or construction, as who? and what?

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • This means that very common words, such as articles and interrogative words, rank very low.

  • Now the practice of Interrogative Analysis compels such persons to interrogate—to propose questions—to think.

  • They confronted each other, Gwynne flushed and angry, Isabel coldly interrogative.

  • Then, seeing the crowd which had gathered in the little garden, he stopped suddenly, with an interrogative look at his mother.

  • The use of this pronoun, like the preceding, appears to be confined to simple interrogative forms.

  • At last, he caught the idea of location—but it was location in the interrogative!