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
- : 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
- : Grammar. an interrogative word, element, or construction, as who? and what?
Synonyms & Antonyms
adj.quizzical
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!
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