英语词汇“argumentative”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

argumentative

释义

argumentative, a.|ɑːgjuːˈmɛntətɪv|
[a. F. argumentatif, -ive, f. L. argūmentāt- (see argumentate) + -ive, as if ad. L. *argūmentātīvus.]
†1. Of the nature of an argument (for); of weight as evidence (of). Obs.
1642Sir E. Dering Sp. on Relig. 35 Even this is argumentative for us.1661Refl. Oathes of Suprem. & Alleg. 41 Their silence in this point..is surely very argumentative.1691Ray Creation (1714) 113 If Pliny, a heathen, could make this fertility of wheat argumentative of the bounty of God to Man.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by argument; controversial; logical.
1647May Hist. Parl. i. ix. 115 To vent their opinions in argumentative way.1828Macaulay Hallam, Ess. (1851) I. 52 Hallam [gives us] a critical and argumentative history.1861Stanley East. Ch. vii. (1869) 245 The close argumentative style of his writings.
3. Given or addicted to argumentation; capable or fond of arguing.
1667Dryden Ind. Emp. Pref. (1668) 16 It is not out of any design to play the Argumentative Poet.1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxiii. II. 257 He possessed a strong, capacious, argumentative mind.1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. 4 The argumentative Mr. Macey..shook his head.

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