serving to form something, especially having a profound and lasting influence on a person's development 形成的,对成长有深远影响的 his formative years. 他的性格形成时期。 ■of or relating to a person's development (与)成长(有关)的 a formative assessment. 成长评估。 ■(Linguistics)denoting or relating to any of the smallest meaningful units that are used to form words in a language, typically combining forms and inflections (语言学)(与)构形成分(有关)的
noun
(Linguistics)a formative element (语言学)构形成分
派生 formatively adverb 语源
late 15th cent.: from Old French formatif, -ive or medieval Latin formativus, from Latin formare 'to form' (see form)