- [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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- consider something
- interpret something as
- …
- strongly
- (not) necessarily
- of
- [only before noun] (
grammar )语法 stating a fact Topics Languagec2陈述的;指示的
Word Originlate Middle English: from French indicatif, -ive, from late Latin indicativus, from the verb indicare, from in- ‘towards’ + dicare ‘make known’.