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    analytic
    an‧a‧lyt‧ical AC /ˌænəlˈɪtɪkəl/ (also an‧a‧lyt‧ic /ˌænəlˈɪtɪk◂/) adjective
     Word Family: noun: analysis, analyst; verb: analyze; adjective: analytical
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Late Latin
     Origin: analyticus, from Greek, from analyein; ⇨ analysis
    1. thinking about things in a detailed and intelligent way, so that you can examine and understand things:
        She’s got an analytical mind.
        analytical method/techniques/approach/skills
        During the course, students will develop their analytical skills.
    2. using scientific analysis to examine something:
        analytical chemistry
    —analytically /-kli/ adverb


    ana·lyt·ic AW BrE /ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/ 🔊 adjective = analytical (also isol·at·ing) (linguistics 语言学) (of languages 语言) using word order rather than word endings to show the functions of words in a sentence 分析的，分析型的（用词序而非词尾显示词在句中的功能）  ➡  compare synthetic adjective (2) , agglutinative