infinitive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).
    — The MANNERS of acting, in grammar called modes or moods, are four; Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive or Conjunctive.
  2. A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.
  3. A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.
形容词 adj.
  1. Formed with the infinitive. not-comparable
    — INFINITIVE MOOD or MANNER. To Have, Avoir.
  2. Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined. not-comparable
    — […] to search out in some higher region of infinitive space a spot where it was impossible for defilement to follow them […]

词形变化

infinitives plural

词汇关系

上位词
verbal
衍生词
bare infinitive full infinitive infinitival infinitive marker infinitive of purpose perfect infinitive split an infinitive split infinitive to-infinitive zu-infinitive infinitively
相关词
gerund supine lemma verb

词源

词源 1
From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.
词源 2
From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.
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