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Definitive Book Answer Definite Means Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词   [Usu

英语单词 definitive
英美音标 英 [dɪ'fɪnətɪv] 美 [dɪ'fɪnətɪv]
中文释义 adj.权威性的;明确的;确定的;决定性的
n.限定词
英语例句 (1) Her book is the definitive work on Milton.
(2) She's written the definitive history of Vienna.
(3) Clearer fossil may provide a definitive answer.
(4) There is no definitive answer to this.
(5) This definitive resource is the one comprehensive book needed by every practicing hematologist.
(6) It chronicles the first decade of this important subject and gives a definitive statement of the current status of all aspects of optical angular momentum.
中文例句 (1) 她的书是论述米尔顿的权威著作.
(2) 她写下了权威性的维也纳历史。
(3) 如果能发现更清晰的化石,那么可能提供明确的答案。
(4) 没有什么确定的答案。
(5) 这种决定性的资源是综合的书每个实践的血液学家需要的那个。
(6) 天气编年史这重要主题的前十年和给一个光学的角动量的各方面的当今的地位的决定性的陈述。
vocabulary简明 A definitive answer is a final one. A definitive decision by a court of law is one that will not be changed. A definitive translation is one everyone turns to as correct. Definitive means authoritative, conclusive, final.
vocabulary扩展 Be careful not to confuse definitive with definite. Definite means clearly defined. You can have a definite opinion that JFK could not have been assassinated by a lone gunman, but the definitive interpretation remains that of the Warren Commission Report, which held there was only one.
柯林斯解释
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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]明确的;最终的;不可更改的;决定性的 Something that is definitive provides a firm conclusion that cannot be questioned.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so...

    对于为什么应该是这样,还没有人想出最终确定的答案。

  • There is no definitive test as yet for the condition.

    对这种病目前还没有决定性的检测手段。

definitively
  • The Constitution did not definitively rule out divorce.

    宪法没有明确排除离婚。

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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](书籍或表演)最佳的,最具权威的 A definitive book or performance is thought to be the best of its kind that has ever been done or that will ever be done.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • His 'An Orkney Tapestry' is still the definitive book on the islands.

    他的《奥克尼挂毯》一书仍是关于这些岛屿的最权威著作。

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