descriptivist
音标发音
- 英式音标 [dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪst]
- 美式音标 [dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪst]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- （语言）描写主义的, （语言）描写主义者。
同根派生
英汉例句
- He condemned the descriptivist view of language as an "Anything Goes" school. 他把语言描写主义观点斥为一种“随心所欲”的做派。
- We linguists tend to be descriptivist. 作为语言学家，我们对语言通常持描写主义观点。
- He was a descriptivist and believed that a dictionary should reflect the actual contemporary state of the language. 他曾是一名语言描写主义者，认为词典应该反映语言在当代的真实使用情况。
adjective
noun [ C ]
英英字典
- believing that books about language should describe how language is really used, rather than giving rules to follow saying what is correct and not correct
- someone who believes that books about language should describe how language is really used, rather than giving rules to follow saying what is correct and not correct