restrictive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A clause that narrows the meaning of a noun or noun phrase.
    — […] a couple of further differences between restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses: (1) in contrast with restrictives, the wh-phrase in non-restrictives cannot be ellipted; […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.
    — The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.
  2. limiting free and easy bodily movement.
    — Some of them [teenagers] who will become lesbians clearly are being hit with the same kind of garbage which we got hit with in the fifties. There's been a real resurgence of that in terms of values and double standards and music. The clothes again — we're back to high heels and restrictive little femmy outfits.

词形变化

more restrictive comparative most restrictive superlative restrictives plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle French restrictif.
Morphologically restrict + -ive.
词源 2
From Middle French restrictif.
Morphologically restrict + -ive.
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