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attributive

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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at·trib·u·tive /əˈtrɪbjətɪv/ adjective  SLGdescribing and coming before a noun. For example, in the phrasebig city’, ‘big’ is an attributive adjective, and in the phrase ‘school bus’, ‘school’ is a noun in an attributive position. 修饰的;限定的;定语的 predicativeattributively adverb
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attributiveThird, it is noteworthy that the question appropriate to predicate qualifying position is different from that for the postnominal attributive adjectives.Parallel to the division of adjunct, we may divide sub-clauses into attributive clauses, predicative clauses and adverbial clauses.When a quotation is followed by an attributive phrase, the comma is placed within the quotation marks.
at·trib·u·tive adjectiveChineseSyllable
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attributive
attributive /əˈtrɪbjətɪv, əˈtrɪbjʊtɪv/ adjective
describing and coming before a noun. For example, in the phrase ‘big city’, ‘big’ is an attributive adjective, and in the phrase ‘school bus’, ‘school’ is a noun in an attributive position. ⇨ predicative
—attributively adverb


at·tribu·tiveBrE /əˈtrɪbjətɪv/ 🔊NAmE /əˈtrɪbjətɪv/ 🔊 adjective (grammar 语法) (of adjectives or nouns 形容词或名词) used before a noun to describe it (用于所修饰的名词前)定语的In 'the blue sky' and 'a family business', 'blue' and 'family' are attributive. 在 the blue sky 和 a family business 中,blue 和 family 是定语。🔊🔊   compare predicative at·tribu·tive·ly BrE /əˈtrɪbjətɪvli/ 🔊NAmE /əˈtrɪbjətɪvli/ 🔊 adverbSome adjectives can only be used attributively. 有些形容词只能用作定语。🔊🔊