explicative

['ɛksplɪketɪv]
英语单词explicative

近义词analytical
  • adj. 阐明的;解释的

英文词源


explicative (adj.)
1640s, "having the function of explaining," from Latin explicativus, from explicat-, past participle stem of explicare "unfold; explain" (see explicit). As a noun, from 1775.