reflective

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A supposed organ of the brain, dealing with abstract reasoning.
    — Then why not subdivide the reflectives and perceptives into distinct organs having special relations to external objects, as well as divide the intellect into a reflective and a perceptive portion?
形容词 adj.
  1. That reflects, or redirects back to the source.
    — Mirrors are reflective.
  2. Pondering, especially thinking back on the past.
    — He always becomes reflective in preparation for the new year.
  3. That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of.
    — Both brides and grooms in native Hawaiian tradition wear flower garlands as a physical manifestation of their love for one another, and to some, the twining of the stems is reflective of two families now becoming one. A more tourist-friendly version established in the past couple of decades involves winding the leis around the couple’s hands to bind them together.
  4. Involving reflection.
  5. By means of reflection.
    — In JIT compilation, the running program is reflectively modified by an embedded compiler, which only uses two reflective operations […]
  6. Reciprocal.

词形变化

more reflective comparative most reflective superlative reflectives plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English reflect
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English reflective
From reflect + -ive.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English reflect
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English reflective
From reflect + -ive.
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