productive
adjectiveWord Family
- produce verb
- producer noun
- production noun
- productive adjective (≠ unproductive)
- productively adverb
- product noun
- produce noun
making goods or growing crops, especially in large quantities 生产的；（尤指）多产的 highly productive farming land 高产农田 productive workers 高效工人 The aim was to maximize the machine’s productive capacity. 目的是最大限度地提高机器的生产能力。 The bush must be pruned to remain productive. 灌木必须修剪以保持其生长力。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
doing or achieving a lot 有效益的；富有成效的 Extra ExamplesTopics Successc1I just wish he would do something productive with his life. 我只希望他的一生中能做出些有成效的事。 Internet sources have proved extremely productive. 因特网资源被证明是极有创造力的。 It makes them feel productive even if it is not a paying job. 尽管这是一份无偿的工作，但仍让他们觉得自己颇有成就。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- productive of something (formal)
resulting in something or causing something 导致或引起某事 a play productive of the strongest emotions 唤起强烈感情的一出戏
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French productif, -ive or late Latin productivus, from product- ‘brought forth’, from the verb producere, from pro- ‘forward’ + ducere ‘to lead’.