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		Definition of privative in English: privativeadjective ˈprɪvətɪvˈprɪvədɪv 1(of an action or state) marked by the absence or loss of some quality or attribute that is normally present. (行为,状态)缺乏(或排除、失去)某种品质(或属性)的 Example sentencesExamples -  The good is given many names, amongst them euthymia or cheerfulness, as well as privative terms, e.g. for the absence of fear.
 -  Augustine developed two basic inceptions of evil, the privative and the aesthetic.
 -  Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of heat.
 -  We could adopt, I suppose, a privative theory of goodness, according to which every good consists in the absence of some corresponding evil.
 -  The passage might suggest, however, that privative time is just imaginary.
 
 - 1.1 (of a statement or term) denoting the absence or loss of an attribute or quality.
(叙述,说法)缺失某属性(或品质)的  parliament may insert a privative clause to achieve this result 为实现这一目标议会可能增加一项缺乏特性的条文。 Example sentencesExamples -  That is dependent on the validity of the privative provisions, is it not?
 -  The privative clause boosts the validity of the decisions made by Refugee Tribunals and by decision-makers in my Department.
 -  I do not think you can even grant such an order if the privative clause operates, can you?
 -  He suggested that a privative clause expands the jurisdiction of a decision-maker.
 -  His Honour refers to section 474, your Honour, which was the privative clause.
 
  - 1.2Grammar  (of a particle or affix) expressing absence or negation, for example the Greek a-, meaning ‘not’, in atypical.
〔语法〕(小品词,词缀)表示“缺乏”、“否定”的(如atypical中的a-表示“不”) Example sentencesExamples -  Has this "a" any connection with the alpha privative of the Indo-European tongues?
 -  The privative and benefactive suffixes should have vowels (a and e) written with underdots.
 
  
 
 OriginLate 16th century: from Latin privativus 'denoting privation', from privat- 'deprived' (see privation).    Definition of privative in US English: privativeadjectiveˈprivədivˈprɪvədɪv 1(of an action or state) marked by the absence, removal, or loss of some quality or attribute that is normally present. (行为,状态)缺乏(或排除、失去)某种品质(或属性)的 Example sentencesExamples -  We could adopt, I suppose, a privative theory of goodness, according to which every good consists in the absence of some corresponding evil.
 -  Augustine developed two basic inceptions of evil, the privative and the aesthetic.
 -  The good is given many names, amongst them euthymia or cheerfulness, as well as privative terms, e.g. for the absence of fear.
 -  The passage might suggest, however, that privative time is just imaginary.
 -  Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of heat.
 
 - 1.1 (of a statement or term) denoting the absence or loss of an attribute or quality.
(叙述,说法)缺失某属性(或品质)的  the wording of the privative clause Example sentencesExamples -  The privative clause boosts the validity of the decisions made by Refugee Tribunals and by decision-makers in my Department.
 -  That is dependent on the validity of the privative provisions, is it not?
 -  I do not think you can even grant such an order if the privative clause operates, can you?
 -  His Honour refers to section 474, your Honour, which was the privative clause.
 -  He suggested that a privative clause expands the jurisdiction of a decision-maker.
 
  - 1.2Grammar  (of a particle or affix) expressing absence or negation, for example, the a- (from the alpha privative in Greek), meaning “not,” in atypical.
〔语法〕(小品词,词缀)表示“缺乏”、“否定”的(如atypical中的a-表示“不”) Example sentencesExamples -  Has this "a" any connection with the alpha privative of the Indo-European tongues?
 -  The privative and benefactive suffixes should have vowels (a and e) written with underdots.
 
  
 
 nounˈprivədivˈprɪvədɪv A privative attribute, quality, or proposition. Example sentencesExamples -  An extended system can he used in the analysis of a number of affixes including privatives.
 -  But privative terms in their character of privatives admit of no subdivision.
 -  Yes, God created every Thing, Augustine insisted, but Evil is not a Thing, it is not a substance, it is a privative, a lack, a failure of the Good.
 
 
 OriginLate 16th century: from Latin privativus ‘denoting privation’, from privat- ‘deprived’ (see privation).     |