relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity 质的;性质的;质量的。 常与 quantitative 相对 a qualitative change in the undergraduate curriculum. 大学本科生课程质的改变。 ■(Grammar)(of an adjective) describing the quality of something in size, appearance, value, etc. Such adjectives can be submodified by words such as very and have comparative and superlative forms (语法)(形容词)描述性质的。 与 classifying 相对
派生 qualitatively adverb 语源
late Middle English: from late Latin qualitativus, from Latin qualitas (see quality)