putative

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpjuː.tə.tɪv/    美 /ˈpju.tə.tɪv/|/ˈpjʉː.tə.tɪv/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.
    — Just as Prince Sihanouk is fronting for the Khmer Rouge today . . . so also was he their putative leader from 1970 to 1975.
  2. Accepted by supposition rather than as a result of proof.
    — In answer to the objection, that if a thing is only putative, it is fictitious
  3. Alleged, purported, ostensible, professed.
    — A putative love tonic was made from the water in which myrtle leaves and flowers had been steeped.
  4. Prospective, potential, proposed. proscribed,sometimes
    — Paralleling this extension of government control was the development of a formally constituted opposition […] In some cases a former Prime Minister was clearly acknowledged as leader and putative Prime Minister, in others a generally-accepted leader emerged.

词形变化

more putative comparative most putative superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
putatively putative marriage putativeness
相关词
dispute disrepute impute repute

词源

First attested c. 1432, from Middle French putatif, from Latin putātīvus (“supposed, purported”), from putātus (“thought”), from putō (“to think, to consider, to reckon”).
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