Definitive



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 明确的, 有权威的
• ［英］ adj. 明确的, 有权威的 ( clear and having final authority )
• ［类］ 反义词: provisional ( 临时的)
• ［记］ define+itive

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English diffinityf, from Anglo-French diffinitive, from Latin definitivus, from definitus
• Date: 14th century
• 1. serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation <a definitive victory>
• 2. authoritative and apparently exhaustive <a definitive edition>
• 3.
  • a. serving to define or specify precisely <definitive laws>
  • b. serving as a perfect example ; quintessential <a definitive bourgeois>
• 4. fully differentiated or developed <a definitive organ>
• 5. of a postage stamp issued as a regular stamp for the country or territory in which it is to be used
• Synonyms: see conclusive
• ? definitively adverb
• ? definitiveness noun

II. noun

• Date: 1951
• a definitive postage stamp — compare provisional

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