distributive

distributive
[dɪˈstrɪbjʊtɪv]
adjective
  1. concerned with the supply of goods to shops and other businesses that sell to consumers
    批发的,分销的
    transport and distributive industries.
    运输业和供销业。
    ■concerned with the way in which things are shared between people
    分配(方式)的
    the distributive effects of public expenditure.
    公共支出的分配效应。
    distributive justice.
    分配的公平。
  2. (Grammar)(of a determiner or pronoun) referring to each individual of a class, not to the class collectively, e. g. each, either
    (语法)(限定词或代名词)分配的(如each, either)
  3. (Mathematics)(of an operation) fulfilling the condition that, when it is performed on two or more quantities already combined by another operation, the result is the same as when it is performed on each quantity individually and the products then combined
    (数)分配(律)的
noun
  1. (Grammar)a distributive word
    (语法)分配词
派生
distributively
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French distributif, -ive or late Latin distributivus, from Latin distribut- 'divided up', from the verb distribuere (see distribute)
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