demonstrative
adjective /dɪˈmɒnstrətɪv/
/dɪˈmɑːnstrətɪv/
- showing feelings openly, especially feelings of love
公开表露感情(尤指爱慕之情)的;感情外露的 - Some people are more demonstrative than others.
有些人更容易流露感情。 - a demonstrative greeting
热情的问候
- We are a physically demonstrative family.
我们是一个身体外露的家庭。 - Patrick was not a demonstrative man.
帕特里克不是一个感情外露的人。 - We were a very physically demonstrative family, giving lots of hugs and kisses.
我们这一家人感情特别外露,彼此间常常拥抱和亲吻。
- Some people are more demonstrative than others.
- (grammar
) used to identify the person or thing that is being referred to语法 指示的 - ‘This’ and ‘that’ are demonstrative pronouns.
this 和 that 是指示代词。
- ‘This’ and ‘that’ are demonstrative pronouns.
词源late Middle English (in the senses ‘serving as conclusive evidence of’ and ‘making manifest’): from Old French demonstratif, -ive, from Latin demonstrativus, from demonstrare ‘point out’.