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preceptive

/pri-sep-tiv/US // prɪˈsɛp tɪv //UK // (prɪˈsɛptɪv) //

敏锐的,感受性,敏锐,敏锐性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the nature of or expressing a precept; mandatory.
    • : giving instructions; instructive.

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Examples

  • And perhaps this feast had been long observed, and by different tribes of people, before it became preceptive with the Jews.

  • It may be necessary to notice the only preceptive passage in the New Testament which apparently bears a different aspect.

  • The value which we attach to the volume depends, however, rather on its preceptive than its antiquarian character.

  • We might infer this from the extent of the reading, which was sufficient for all the preceptive parts of the Pentateuch.

  • Hence the present epistle differs strikingly in its preceptive part from the other two.