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indicative

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈdɪkətɪv/
🔊/ɪnˈdɪkətɪv/
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  1. [not usually before noun] indicative (of something) (formal) showing or suggesting something表明；标示；显示；暗示
    • Their failure to act is indicative of their lack of interest.他们未采取行动，这表示他们没有兴趣。🔊🔊
    • The rise in unemployment is seen as indicative of a new economic recession.失业率上升被看作是新一轮经济衰退的征兆。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • consider something
    • interpret something as
    • …
    adverb
    • strongly
    • (not) necessarily
    preposition
    • of
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  2. [only before noun] (grammar语法) stating a fact陈述的；指示的Topics Languagec2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from French indicatif, -ive, from late Latin indicativus, from the verb indicare, from in- ‘towards’ + dicare ‘make known’.

indicative

noun
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the indicative
[singular] (grammar语法)
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  1. the form of a verb that states a fact（动词形式）陈述语气
    • In ‘Ben likes school’, the verb ‘like’ is in the indicative.在 Ben likes school 中，动词 like 是陈述语气。🔊🔊
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from French indicatif, -ive, from late Latin indicativus, from the verb indicare, from in- ‘towards’ + dicare ‘make known’.