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单词 attributive
释义
attributive
adjective
languagespecialized
uk
/əˈtrɪb.jə.tɪv/us
/əˈtrɪb.jə.t̬ɪv/
(of thepositionor use of anadjective,noun, or phrase) before anoun:
（用于名词前）起修饰作用的，起定语作用的
In "asuddenmovement", "sudden" is anadjectivein the attributiveposition.在 a sudden movement 中，sudden 是形容词，位于所修饰的名词前。
In "thetelevisionaerial", "television" is anounused in an attributive way.在 the television aerial 中，television 是名词词性，用作定语。
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  • When it is used as an attributiveadjective, you write 'long-distance' with ahyphen.
  • You oftensee'dog' used in an attributive way, forexamplein 'dogbasket' and 'dogfood'.
  • Write down some attributive uses of thenoun'school'.
  • Theadjectivein the phrase 'myblackboots' is attributive.
  • Anounthat is in an attributivepositioncan also be called a 'modifier'.
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attributively
(Definition ofattributivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

attributive| American Dictionary

attributive
adjective[not gradable]
us
/əˈtrɪb·jə·t̬ɪv/
grammar
of anadjective,noun,pronoun, or phraseplacedbefore thenounitdescribes:
an attributivenoun
In "ayoungwoman," "young" is anadjectivein the attributiveposition.
(Definition ofattributivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofattributive

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The graph on the left refers exclusively to the critical context of singleattributiveinstances, and the graph on the right comprises all other instances.
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The man who builds skyscrapers must be happy favours anattributivereading.
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In particular, singulative once is incompatible with determiners andattributiveadjectives.
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Here he includes epithets, certainattributiveadjectives, and honorifics.
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These figures consistently show that intensifiers occur far more frequently with predicate adjectives than withattributiveadjectives.
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Such a difference, if found, could be accounted for in terms of difference in syntagmatic congruence betweenattributiveand predicative adjectives.
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Onattributiveand predicative derived adjectives and some problems related to the distinction.
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For concreteness at this point, let us consider some specific syntactic structures for nouns in construction withattributiveadjectives.
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Of those which could be classified, 54% (50/92) wereattributiveand 46% (42/92) were predicative.
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That is, such names can be expressed by either (a) a determiner genitive, (b) anattributivegenitive, or (c) a noun modifier.
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Theattributiveposition is less restrictive than the predicative one.
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The relevant adjectives are both of the predicative and theattributivetype and may be prefixed (10) or undergo modification by an adverb (11).
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Lexical item categories include nouns, verbs, adjectives (attributiveand verb-like predicative), and adverbs.
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He compared the acquisition of adjective agreement inattributiveposition within the noun phrase to adjective agreement in predicatives.
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Thus, acquainted is possible inattributiveposition, but independent factors conspire to make this a rare occurrence.
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