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单词

indicative

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ɪnˈdɪkətɪv
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词根

"Indicative"来源于拉丁词根“indicat”,意为“显示”或“指示”。在拉丁文中,"indicat"是"indicare"的过去分词,意为"表示"或"揭示"。

释义

adj. 象征的;指示的;表示…的 n. 陈述语气;陈述语气的动词形式 [ 复数 indicatives 比较级 more indicative 最高级 most indicative ]

例句

In 'Ben likes school', the verb 'like' is in the indicative.
在Ben likes school中,动词like是陈述语气。
Their failure to act is indicative of their lack of interest.
他们未采取行动,这表示他们没有兴趣。
His action is indicative of growing concern about the shortage of skilled labour.
他的行为显示对于熟练工人短缺现象的日益关注。

强化记忆

可以通过词根记忆法来记忆,将"indicative"拆为三部分,"in-"表示"进入,使......进入","-dicat-"表示"显示,指出","-ive"表示"有……特性的"。整个词意为"有进入并显示特性的",即"指示的,预示的"。“Indicative”起源于拉丁语"indicativus",在语言的演变过程中,它的含义在中世纪英语中逐渐形成了现在的含义。而在古英语中,它通常用于宗教文本中,表示神灵的指示或迹象。

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to publishan indicative, nationally defined contributionshowing how we will meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
of liking the curly fries pageis indicative of high intelligence,not because of the content,
And in their paper they listed the five likesthat were most indicative of high intelligence.And among those was liking a page
in such a way that the distance between any two of themis indicative of how closely related they are.So for instance,
This time it's sending the same message and link.This is often indicative of something called phishing,somebody trying to steal another person's account information
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