Additive



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 添加剂
• ［英］ n. 添加剂 ( substance added in small amounts for a special purpose)
• ［例］ addictive drugs

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Date: 1699
• 1. of, relating to, or characterized by addition an additive process
• 2. produced by addition
• 3. characterized by, being, or producing effects (as drug responses or gene products) that when the causative factors act together are the sum of their individual effects
• • additively adverb
• • additivity noun

II. noun

• Date: 1945
• a substance added to another in relatively small amounts to effect a desired change in properties food additives

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