preceptive

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, pertaining to, or based on precepts
    — If it was necessary, that Christ as our surety should suffer the penalty of the law in our stead, because we have sinned; then it was also necessary that as our Surety, he should yield obedience to the preceptive part of the law also;
  2. instructive; didactic
    — It is altogether preceptive, barely containing the rules, without illustration from example. It is a system of rhetoric in the abstract.

词形变化

more preceptive comparative most preceptive superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
preceptively

词源

Etymology tree
English precept
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English preceptive
From precept + -ive.
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