| 单词 |
instructive |
| 释义 |
instructive, a.|ɪnˈstrʌktɪv|
[f. L. instruct-, ppl. stem (see instruct v.) + -ive. Cf. F. instructif, -ive (14th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
Having the character or quality of instructing; conveying instruction or knowledge.
1611Florio, Instruttiuo, instructiue. 1615J. Stephens (title) Essays and Characters Ironicall and Instructive. 1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 156 This Chapter shall be more instructive than what hath been spoken of it elsewhere. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 104. 1/2 To Peruse those Instructive writings. 1738Johnson Van. Hum. Wishes 50 Once more, Democritus, arise on earth, With cheerful wisdom and instructive mirth. 1848W. H. Bartlett Egypt to Pal. xx. (1879) 440 The structure of these sepulchres..is instructive in regard to the prevalent method of burial.
b. Denoting the case used in some languages, e.g. the Ugro-Finnish group, to express means.
1857Trans. Philol. Soc. 34 Nominative..genitive..dative..instructive..affective. 1890C. N. E. Eliot Finnish Gram. 22 The instructive is formed by simply adding the letter n to a root, and expresses the means by which anything is done. 1896[see inessive a.]. 1954Pei & Gaynor Dict. Ling. 102 Instructive, in certain languages (e.g., Finno-Ugric languages), a case having the same denotation as the English by means of. |
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