disjunctive
adjective
uk/dɪsˈdʒʌŋk.tɪv/us/dɪsˈdʒʌŋk.tɪv/disjunctiveadjective(DISCONNECTED)
lackinganyclearconnection:
不连贯的，分离的，分裂的Theplayconsists of aseriesofbrief, disjunctivescenes.该剧由一系列简短的、不连贯的场景组成。
- For thosefamiliarwith only one or twopieces, themedleymaysoundmore like aseriesof disjunctivesections.
- Theincorporationof disjunctiveelementsis by now aclichéofarchitecturalrenovations.
- The company's non-complianceclearlyresultedfrom a disjunctiveorganisationalstructure.
- Thepoems, alwaysdifficult, got moredifficultin the mid-1980s and haveremainedso: disjunctive andunpredictable, oftenzany.
Different and difference
- altered
- alternative
- anomalous
- another
- anything
- dissimilitude
- distinct
- distinction
- distinctive
- distinctively
- non-uniform
- non-uniformity
- nonequivalence
- nonequivalent
- nonhomogeneous
- variation
- varied
- various
- various and sundryidiom
- which is whichidiom
disjunctiveadjective(GRAMMAR)
languagespecialized
expressingachoicebetween two or more things, where only one ispossible:
两者居其一的Technicallyspeaking, thequestionis not disjunctive.严格来讲，这不是一个选择疑问句。
- "And" isnormallyreadconjunctively, "or" isnormallyreaddisjunctively, but in somecircumstancesthecontextmayrequire"and" to be disjunctive or "or" to be conjunctive.
- We canrepresentabinaryconstraintbymeansof asmallnumberof disjunctiverelations.
- Because thestatuteuses the disjunctive "or", thecourtmustseparatelyevaluateeach of the fourfactualscenarios.
- These fivereasonsare disjunctive so that thepartyservingthenoticecan rely on any one of them.
Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast
- again
- any way you slice itidiom
- at any rateidiom
- at leastidiom
- best
- but
- given
- hand
- however
- in the face ofsomethingidiom
- in the teeth ofsomethingidiom
- least
- might
- nevertheless
- only
- rate
- slice
- tooth
- when
- whereas
Compare
conjunctive