| 单词 |
introductive |
| 释义 |
introductive, a.|ɪntrəʊˈdʌktɪv|
[ad. L. type *intrōductīv-us, f. ppl. stem of intrōdūcĕre to introduce (see -ive): perh. after F. introductif, -ive (1520 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
= introductory.
1. Serving to introduce or bring in; causing or promoting the introduction of something.
1659J. Arrowsmith Chain Princ. 321 Paul..shews how introductive it is of all the rest. 1662Petty Taxes (1769) 15, I pitch upon all these particulars..as introductive of new trades into England. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. i. 126 Laws, when prudently framed, are by no means subversive but rather introductive of liberty. 1861W. S. Perry Hist. Ch. Eng. I. vi. 257 They [tithes] were only declarative of a divine, and not merely introductive of a human right.
2. Leading on to something that follows.
1638Penkethman Artach. I, The course of penning introductive Preambles. 1644Prynne & Walker Fiennes's Trial 28 The three first Articles, being but introductive to the impeachment. 1668Howe Bless. Righteous (1825) 189 This is a counsel leading and introductive to the rest. 1843J. Clason Serm. x. 172 The judgment seat to which he knows death to be introductive.
Hence introˈductively adv., in a manner serving to introduce.
1856in Webster. |
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