| 主要翻译 |
| descriptive adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (language: describing) (语言) | 描写的，描述的
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| | The book's descriptive passages are long and tedious. |
| descriptive adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (grammar: not prescriptive) (语法) | 非限定性的
fēi xiàn dìng xìng de |
| | I like a dictionary that is up-to-date and purely descriptive. |
| descriptive adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (grammar: adjectival) (语法) | 形容的，描述的
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| | In English, short descriptive modifiers precede the noun. |