This flashcard defines "expressive" as an adjective meaning "showing or able to show your thoughts and feelings" or "showing sth; existing as an expression of sth." It also provides related terms like "expressively" and "expressiveness."
This flashcard defines "expressive" as an adjective meaning "showing or able to show your thoughts and feelings" or "showing sth; existing as an expression of sth." It also provides related terms like "expressively" and "expressiveness."
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]富于表情的；富于表现力的 If you describe a person or their behaviour as expressive, you mean that their behaviour clearly indicates their feelings or intentions.
You can train people to be more expressive.
可以训练人们使其更具表现力。
...her small, usually expressive face.
她那张通常表情丰富的小脸
...the present fashion for intuitive, expressive painting.
当前流行的强调直觉、富于表现力的绘画
expressively
He moved his hands expressively.
他的手势富于表现力。
expressiveness
Crying is part of our natural expressiveness.
哭泣是自然情感的一种表现。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]表达…的；表现…的 If something is expressive of particular ideas or qualities, it has features which indicate or demonstrate them.
[v-link ADJ of n]
[FORMAL 正式]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
Perhaps all his poems were really love poems, expressive of love for someone...
也许他所有的诗歌其实都是爱情诗，表现了对某个人的爱。
Its history is expressive of the character and development of the people who possess it.
它的历史体现了其拥有者的性格特征和发展过程。
Oxford
ex·pres·sive/ɪkˈspresɪv; NAmEɪkˈspresɪv/adjective1showing or able to show your thoughts and feelings 富于表情的；有表现力的；意味深长的◆She has wonderfully expressive eyes.她有一双会说话的眼睛。◆the expressive power of his music他的音乐的表现力☞compare
expressionless
2[not before noun ]expressiveof sth ( formal) showing sth; existing as an expression of sth 表现；表达；表示◆Every word and gesture is expressive of the artist's sincerity.这位艺术家的真诚从一言一行中表现出来。▶ex·pres·sive·ly/ɪkˈspresɪvli; NAmEɪkˈspresɪvli/adverbex·pres·sive·ness/ɪkˈspresɪvnəs; NAmEɪkˈspresɪvnəs/noun[uncountable ]ex·pres·sive/ɪkˈspresɪv; NAmEɪkˈspresɪv/ex·pres·sive·ly/ɪkˈspresɪvli; NAmEɪkˈspresɪvli/ex·pres·sive·ness/ɪkˈspresɪvnəs; NAmEɪkˈspresɪvnəs/
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expressiveex‧pres‧sive /ɪkˈspresɪv/ adjective
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1showing very clearly what someone thinks or feelsOPP expressionless: her wonderfully expressive eyes2be expressive of something formal showing a particular feeling or influence: Her poem is expressive of calm days and peace of mind.—expressively adverb—expressiveness noun [uncountable]
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expressive
[ɪkˈspresɪv]
TEM4TOEFL
j8140
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1310
ADJ10502
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表达的(64%)，富于表情的(23%)，意味深长的(13%)
adj.表现的；有表现力的；表达…的
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