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单词 tentative
释义
tentative
adjective
uk
/ˈten.tə.tɪv/us
/ˈten.t̬ə.t̬ɪv/
(of aplanoridea) notcertainoragreed, or (of asuggestionoraction) said or done in acarefulbutuncertainway because you do notknowif you areright:
（计划、想法、建议、行动等）试验（性）的，试探（性）的，暂时的
I have tentativeplansto take atripto Seattle inJuly.我暂定7月份去西雅图旅行。
Synonym
provisional
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Uncertainty
  • amorphous
  • arguable
  • be neither fish nor fowlidiom
  • blurred
  • blurry
  • circumstantial
  • conflicted
  • dodgy
  • indeterminate
  • insecurely
  • insecurity
  • it remains to be seenidiom
  • it's early daysidiom
  • slippery
  • spec
  • sputter
  • squishy
  • stutter
  • swither
  • unwritten
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tentatively
tentativeness
(Definition oftentativefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tentative| American Dictionary

tentative
adjective
us
/ˈten·tə·t̬ɪv/
notcertainorconfident:
We have tentativeplansto go to Hawaii inFebruary.

tentatively

adverbus
/ˈtent·ət̬·ɪv·li/
We have tentativelyagreedtobuythathouse.
(Definition oftentativefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

tentative| Business English

tentative
adjective
uk
/ˈtentətɪv/us
notcertainoragreed:
Thecarcompanyand theunionreachedatentativeagreement.
atentativedeal/plan/settlement
Theproposalsare tentative andsubjecttobargaining.
said or done in acarefulway because you do notknowif you areright:
Whileanalystsare tentative at themoment, theyremainbasicallyoptimistic.
Thecompanybeganlastyearto take tentativestepstowards aflotation.

tentatively

adverb
They have tentativelyagreedto theproposal.
(Definition oftentativefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftentative

tentative
Yet current research supports only the mosttentativesuggestions concerning the processes that underlie these developmental changes.
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When establishingtentativeprovability, we proceed in exactly the same way as with definite provability, except that we restrict attention to defeasible rules.
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The study has demonstratedtentativeevidence in support of the hypothesis.
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This pilot study providedtentativeevidence of alterations in brain energy and phospholipid metabolism in autism that correlate with the neuropsychologic and language deficits.
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Clinical symptoms or a positive serology alone made the case definition astentative.
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Second, the testing regime is more ambitious than most, makingtentativelinks between respondents' cognitive abilities, their roles and responsibilities, and their personal characteristics.
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Even the firsttentativesigns of language can be dismissed as mere parroting.
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Atentativeestimate for the energy of the plasma filling the cavity can be obtained as follows.
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Years in italics are radiocarbon dates, as noted later, and therefore onlytentativematches to droughts.
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Even though each case had its own peculiarities, sometentativeobservations can be made.
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Readers should understand these to betentativeand thus subject to significant modifications based on future field and laboratory research.
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Averroes nowhere addresses this question, and anytentativeto answer it must remain strictly conjectural.
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Note, again, that the results from that analysis were merelytentativedue to lack of a statistically significant amount of data.
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Additionally, we used 5 different statistical models to obtaintentativeparameter point estimates.
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While this attitude was challenged and overturned by subsequent academic re-evaluation, steps towards mainstream recognition of the poverty of initial criticism were onlytentative.
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