concessive
concessive
adjective
adjective
- of, characterized by, or tending to concession
让步的；认可（性）的
we must look for a more concessive approach.
我们必须寻求一种更具妥协性的方法。 - (Grammar)(of a preposition or conjunction) introducing a phrase or clause denoting a circumstance which might be expected to preclude the action of the main clause, but does not (e.g. in spite of, although)
(语法)（介词，连词）引导让步短语（或从句）的（如in spite of, although）
■(of a phrase or clause) introduced by a concessive preposition or conjunction
（短语，从句）让步的，由让步介词（或连词）引导的
- early 18th cent. (in sense 2): from late Latin concessivus, from concess- 'withdrawn, yielded' (see concession)
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