Productive



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 多产的;生产的
• ［英］ adj. 多产的 ( that produces well or in large quantities) ; 生产的 ( of production of goods or wealth)
• ［记］ product（产物, 产品）+ive

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Date: 1612
• 1. having the quality or power of producing especially in abundance <productive fishing waters>
• 2. effective in bringing about <investigating committees have been productive of much good — R. K. Carr>
• 3.
  • a. yielding results, benefits, or profits
  • b. yielding or devoted to the satisfaction of wants or the creation of utilities
• 4. continuing to be used in the formation of new words or constructions <un- is a productive prefix>
• 5. raising mucus or sputum (as from the bronchi) <a productive cough>
• ? productively adverb
• ? productiveness noun

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