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predicative/prɪˈdɪkətɪv; us ˈpredɪkeɪtɪv ||; ˈprɛdɪˌketɪv/adj (grammar语法) (used about an adjective 指形容词) not used before a noun 不用于名词前: ◇you cannot say ‘an asleep child’ because ‘asleep’ is a predicative adjective. 不能说an asleep child，因为asleep是表语形容词。 an adjective thatcanbe used before a noun is called attributive. many adjectives, for example ‘big’, can be either predicative or attributive the house is big. it's a big house. 能用于名词前的形容词叫做定语(attributive)。big等许多形容词既可作表语，也可作定语：the house is big.这房子很大。·it's a big house.这是一幢大房子。 ➔predicatively adv ◇‘asleep’ can only be used predicatively. asleep只能用作表语。 pre·dic·a·tive /`prɛdɪˏketɪv; prɪˈdɪkətɪv/adja predicative adjective comes after a verb and describes the subject, for example 'sad' in 'she is sad'. ［形容词］用作表语的，谓语性的 |