serving or seeking to describe (用于)描述的 ■(Grammar)(of an adjective) assigning a quality rather than restricting the application of the expression modified, e. g. blue as distinct from few (语法)(形容词)描写性的
describing or classifying without expressing feelings or judging 客观描述的 ■(Linguistics)denoting or relating to an approach to language analysis that describes accents, forms, structures, and without making value judgements (语言学)描写性的。。 常与 prescriptive 相对
派生 descriptively adverb descriptiveness noun 语源
mid 18th cent.: from late Latin descriptivus, from descript- 'written down', from the verb describere (see describe)