emptive

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Responding to or acting to counteract something when it happens (rather than beforehand). rare
    — Mike Malone recalls how the shaving of his fiancée's head was more of an “emptive” strike, since her hair was already on its way out.

词形变化

more emptive comparative most emptive superlative

词源

Back-formation from preemptive.
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