transformative

大学 FREQ #43141

a. 有改革能力的, 起改造作用的

发音

UK /trɑːnsˈfɔːmətɪv/
其它
UK /tɹæns-/
其它
US /tɹænsˈfɔɹmətɪv/
US /-ɾɪv/

词形变化

more transformative 比较级 most transformative 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

变化的，变形的；有改革能力的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    That causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change

  2. 2.

    Chiefly in transformative-generative: of or relating to a theory of generative grammar in which defined operations called transformations produce new sentences from existing ones; transformational.

    语言学

相关短语

transformative justice

词源

From Medieval Latin transformātīvus (“transformative”), from Latin trānsfōrmātus (“transformed”) + -īvus (suffix attached to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming deverbal adjectives meaning ‘doing or related to doing [the verb]’). Trānsfōrmātus is the perfect passive participle of trānsfōrmō (“to transform”), from trāns- (prefix meaning ‘across; beyond; through’) + fōrmō (“to fashion, form, format, shape”) (from fōrma (“appearance, figure, form, shape”); further etymology unknown, perhaps related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a form, shape”)). The English word is analysable as transform + -ative.

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