| 单词 | adjectival |
| 例句 | The company was right not to revise it to Think Differently: the verb think can take an adjectival complement which refers to the nature of the thoughts being entertained. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Now, can anyone tell me what the adjectival form would be?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z As is typical of rock stars she added an adjectival curse. The Tide Is High (Really), but Debbie Harry Is Staying Put 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z The TV series, by contrast, pumps up the volume, interpolating episodes of violence, crazy dreams, a dark stranger, federal shenanigans and frequent adjectival and adverbial use of the present-participle of the F-word. Artful 'Leftovers' on HBO leaves viewers wanting more 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z There are all sorts of adjectival phrases that get attached to you. Oliver Stone: Our empire is in decline 2010-09-23T11:01:00Z Gradually a sense of the indomitable attached itself to Murray: a sporting version of the adjectival insistence that FR Leavis observed in Conrad. My hero: Andy Murray by Geoff Dyer 2013-07-12T15:00:01Z He is – with Kafka and Borges – one of those few writers who can only be properly described by using an adjectival form of their surnames. A brief survey of the short story part 26: JG Ballard 2010-06-10T15:24:00Z It has become architecture’s most prestigious honor, its adjectival use signaling the subject’s place in the pantheon of living architects. Japanese Architects Receive Pritzker Prize on Ellis Island 2010-05-19T21:48:00Z Even though she wrote against the “adjectival mania” of lyrical realism, Smith seemingly can’t help but to use language in a way that honors its grand scope. Literary realism is dead 2012-10-20T21:00:00Z The play's title reflects the meaning of the word "appropriate" in both its adjectival and verb forms. 'Appropriate' unearths ugly family dynamics in epic dramatic fashion 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z In his word-drunk universe, “news” hooks up with “chartreuse,” “strophes” wins “trophies” and “rival” gets “adjectival.” Review: Rhyme Gone Wild in ‘The Metromaniacs’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Schumer, in turn, is not regarded as a comic but a “female comic,” as if the adjectival appellation both is imperative to understanding her comedy, and, more insidiously, suggests its worth. Reading Amy Schumer: The powerful missed message in “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo” 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z When she finished the brief call she told me that she’d used used the adjectival form of hygge three times – “I kept telling her it would be hyggelig to see her.” The hygge conspiracy | Charlotte Higgins 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z “Children are a crushing responsibility,” Leda tells Callie at one point, Colman’s steady gaze and adjectival emphasis only heightening her character’s allure. ‘The Lost Daughter’ Review: The Parent Trap 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Dederer is continually trying — not in the adjectival sense, but as the present participle: showing us her thought process, correcting as she goes and experimenting with different forms. Face to Face With Culture’s ‘Monsters’ 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z They complain that some playwrights, like Pinter, got the classier adjectival ending “-esque” even as they each wound up with “-ian.” Review: In ‘Textplay,’ Stoppard and Beckett Get Snarky, FWIW 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Many verb and adjectival forms being feminine, regular mention of captivity, and recurring names - such as Walsingham - all put them on the trail of Mary. Mary Queen of Scots: Deposed ruler's secret prison letters found and decoded 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z In one unbelievable Olympic week, he drained what cynical souls once claimed was the inexhaustible adjectival fount of the sports writers. AP WAS THERE: 1952 Helsinki Games 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z If the president had a better defense, it stands to reason, his lawyer wouldn’t need such an adjectival arsenal. Opinion | Pat Cipollone is the dog that caught the car 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, one can find Randall Jarrell using the adjectival form of the word in a 1947 essay, “From the Kingdom of Necessity,” when commending Robert Lowell’s work as “essentially a post- or anti-modernist poetry.” The Mail 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Let’s start with what is, by now, the standard indictment: Gatlin is a “two-time drug cheat,” with “unrepentant” added as the adjectival chaser. Justin Gatlin Is an Athlete of His Time, Not a Villain 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z However true any of that might be, the Oxford words are evidence that this is a narrative media outlets helped ingrain on the adjectival level. What the Words Used for Clinton and Trump Supporters Mean 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z And the adjectival “ghetto” owes its salience to the fact that a modern American ghetto is not only poor but disproportionately African-American. Is Gentrification Really a Problem? 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z No. 129 was always a hit, with its adjectival litany of nastiness: “murderous, bloody, full of blame/Savage, extreme, rude, cruel.” Raise a Glass to Shakespeare 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The adjectival form of hygge is "hyggeligt", a word offered as a compliment to a host after a pleasant evening at their home. Hygge: A heart-warming lesson from Denmark - BBC News 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Is it really appropriate to elevate Jenner to such heroic and adjectival heights as “bold” and “courageous,” when many transgender people will conduct their own struggles privately, and, indeed, courageously? Caitlyn Jenner’s coming out 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Noun roots are modified by a welter of adjectival prefixes; the addition of the letter “h,” for example, can alter a meaning dramatically. Can Dying Languages Be Saved? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The other one — the one that, in either its adjectival or adverbial variations, seems to adorn ever more political pronouncements. Washington’s favorite f-word “But don’t forget,” Babe said, “the adjectival park was a block back this way then.” Home, at the Other House That Ruth Built 2014-03-11T01:11:35Z As a country, America loves to consider the word “independent” as an adjectival calling card of sorts. America: Land Of The Partners, Home Of The Selfless. 2013-07-04T15:15:02.383Z Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The intelligent will of Man, throwing itself upon the mere gifts of nature as their appointed master, creates the world of Property—of things instrumental, and regarded as adjectival, to the human personality. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z I bet you one million pounds," said Mr. Mablethorpe with great precision, "that the condemned printing-firm employed by my unmentionable publishers has taken into its adjectival employment an asterisked staff of obelised female compositors. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The Rovers practiced the science and culture of the game; the Britannia relied on brute force and adjectival ignorance. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z We lie back before a tsunami of debt, an avalanche of looting, a tidal wave of adjectival disaster. The soundbite has become a nibble 2011-08-21T18:00:03Z N.B.—There are three forms of participles, the adjectival, substantival, and adverbial. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z This thing, as something devoid of will, has no rights against the subjectivity of intelligence and volition, and is by that subjectivity made adjectival to it, the external sphere of its liberty;—possession. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Thus in the common adjectival meanings of elegant, thin, subtle, excellent, reduced in size, &c., it is in origin equivalent to “finished.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z It is possible that the word is really adjectival, "Immaculate One," and originally an epithet of some more definite goddess, e.g. as Miss Harrison suggests, of Nemesis. The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z They won and lost in equal measure because that's where they are in the cycle of their redevelopment, neither marvellous nor woeful, a team between adjectival extremes. England should lighten up ? it might just help them win things | Eddie Butler 2010-03-28T00:10:00Z They are essentially adjectives, and follow the adjectival rules as to the formation of the plural and the accusative. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z He states that he regards the expression "complete" as applied to a story, as a specimen of the "adjectival exuberance of the puffer." Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Their adjectival energy is greater; they are more given to extravagances of style, both in point of sentiment and of humor. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII Of late the epithet has become a kind of adjectival maid-of-all-work, and has done service where a less emphatic term would have done far better. The Vagabond in Literature A thesaurus will brighten up a reporter's adjectival vocabulary. The Style Book of The Detroit News Such words have, in Esperanto, an adjectival as well as a participial form, and we must be careful to use the right one in accordance with the sense. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Note the adjectival exuberance of the puffer—complete, strong, strange, picturesque, powerful, tragic, ghastly, sustained, phenomenal, brilliant and remarkable. Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Later it became adjectival, especially in combination with “days.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" We surpassed ourselves in adjectival review; we stared in horror and amazement as each newly bedizened vessel passed down the river. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Due to and caused by introduce adjectival phrases only. The Century Handbook of Writing Possessive Pronouns are formed by adding the adjectival A to the personal pronouns. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The plural word selves, a substantival, and not an adjectival form. A Handbook of the English Language Moreover it is not substantive Christianity, but adjectival Christianity—the too Western type of our faith—which arouses their antagonism. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ Then comes King, followed by the two adjectival nicknames Sharp and Young. The Romance of Names He even unbent so far as to call me a fool without any adjectival modification, which was for him the height of geniality. Greener Than You Think There are three forms of the participle, viz.:—The adjectival in -A, the adverbial in -E, and the substantival in -O. 203. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z They did not begin with meaning two things at once; on the contrary, they were either possessive cases, of which the power became subsequently adjectival, or adjectives, of which the power became subsequently possessive. A Handbook of the English Language The Ordinal Numbers are formed by adding the adjectival ending -a to the Cardinals. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation There are some adjectival surnames which are not immediately recognizable. The Romance of Names Numerous adjectives and adjectival adjuncts are necessary to each species to distinguish it from each of the host of other woodpeckers. Birds of the Indian Hills The word thus suggests that the Roman divine beings were functional spirits with will-power, their functions being indicated by their adjectival names. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Etymological evidence.—Assuming two powers for the words min and �in, one genitive, and one adjectival, which is the original one? A Handbook of the English Language By adding the adjectival ending -a to the personal pronouns, the Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns are obtained. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation The adjectival form of the name is, however, suspicious, and may be a corruption far removed from what Ovid wrote. The Last Poems of Ovid The yellow beak is long and curved, hence the adjectival "scimitar." Birds of the Indian Hills The only certain result that we can win from the study of these adjectival titles is that they represent a transition between animism and polytheism, a transition exactly expressed by the one word numen. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Better, worse.—Here the words are sometimes adverbs; sometimes adjectives.—This book is better than that—here better agrees with book, and is, therefore, adjectival. A Handbook of the English Language They are formed in the Active by means of the endings -ant, -int, and -ont, and in the Passive by means of the endings -at, -it, -ot, with the addition of the adjectival termination -a. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation Following this, and on account of its particular usage and formation, we will discuss the conjugation of the adjectival verb. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language Randal told him the word was falsely constructed, Iliad, Odyssey and Aeneid being, he said, syncopated adjectival forms derived from their respective substantive stems. Ambrotox and Limping Dick Importance of names, which are chiefly adjectival, marking functional activity. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus Strong participles are adjectival oftener than weak ones: their form being common to many adjectives. A Handbook of the English Language Sensing the futility of further argument, Captain Scraggs sought solace in a stream of adjectival opprobrium, plainly meant for Mr. Gibney but delivered, nevertheless, impersonally. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates It has been suggested that they were determined by grammatical forms: for Substance is expressed by a substantive; Quantity, Quality and Relation are adjectival; Where and When, adverbial; and the remaining four are verbal. Logic Deductive and Inductive The meaning of the adjectival is perhaps not quite certain. The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages The adjectival forms appear without the syllable la. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea On the other hand, the names which signify essence in an adjectival manner are predicated of the three persons plurally, by reason of the plurality of supposita. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition A more serious error of Pater’s, for it is adjectival, not a fact, occurs in Apollo in Picardy—‘rebellious masses of black hair.’ Masques & Phases It is an adjectival form, like Datis, and means probably "pleasant, agreeable." The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Names of fishes supply the adjectival components of many place-names on the sea-coast of New England, on the lakes, and along river-courses. The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages It is indeed adjectival weather; for Nature is still adding, not discarding stores. In a Green Shade A Country Commentary For we say there are three "existent" or three "wise" beings, or three "eternal," "uncreated," and "immense" beings, if these terms are understood in an adjectival sense. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition It was added to many Latin adjective stems, because the need of a distinctly adjectival ending was felt. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin I repeated the adjectival sentence under my breath. The Jervaise Comedy The use of "thorough" is now purely adjectival, except in archaic or poetic speech. Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson He states that he regards the expression ‘complete’ as applied to a story, as a specimen of the ‘adjectival exuberance of the puffer.’ Miscellanies For adjectival words derive their number from the supposita but substantives from themselves, according to the form signified. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition There is a class of words having always an adjectival use in general, but with such subtle functions and various meanings that they deserve separate treatment. An English Grammar The old Italian tendency to see the supernatural manifesting itself in many different ways expressed by adjectival titles, e.g. Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero She made them taciturn, and beady-eyed, and lithe, and fleet, and every other adjectival thing her imagination and history book could supply. Fanny Herself With even more unerrancy than Botticelli, he gripped the adjectival and qualifying function of his art. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett Swinburne was so violent in his "appreciations" that his essays in criticism are adjectival volcanoes. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century Participles are adjectival verbals; that is, they either belong to some substantive by expressing action in connection with it, or they express action, and directly modify a substantive, thus having a descriptive force. An English Grammar The name participle is as true to its etymology when applied to the nounal use of the verb as when applied to the adjectival use. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Thus I dilated upon the beauties of our language, its wealth of metaphor and adjectival possibilities, its intricacies and pitfalls, until the sun was high and my throat parched. Peregrine's Progress Four verbs found favour in my sight, Viz., "drat" and "dash" and "blow" and "blight"; While "blithering" and "blinkin'" were My only adjectival pair. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 10, 1917 He paused to let that stream of adjectival opprobrium sink in. Cappy Ricks Retires The participle has been called an adjectival verbal; the gerund may be called a noun verbal. An English Grammar The adjectival form is archaically expressed by a second and abstract substantive. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 The word has the appearance of being an adjectival form derived from the noun Janus. The Golden Bough Every musical term, adjectival, substantival, occurs to us as we read the thousand and odd pages of the two volumes. Women in the Life of Balzac In this sense, most often an adjectival modifier as in "in my mundane life...." The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 The words are used in the sentence where nouns are used, but have an adjectival meaning. An English Grammar But "the high priests" merely means distinguished monks, "eminent monks," as Mr. Nanjio exactly renders the adjectival character. A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline She would remain standing a little stiffly in the scullery refusing to assist him to the adjectival towel he sought. The New Machiavelli It must contain, as far as the mind is concerned, no substantives which could be put into an adjectival form; in other words, the object defined must not be explained through abstractions. Improvement of the Understanding |
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