| 词汇 | descriptivist |
| 释义 | descriptivist adjective language specialized uk/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪst/ us/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪst/ （语言）描写主义的 believing that books about language should describe how language is really used, rather than giving rules to follow saying what is correct and not correct He condemned the descriptivist view of language as an "Anything Goes" school. 他把语言描写主义观点斥为一种“随心所欲”的做派。 We linguists tend to be descriptivist. 作为语言学家，我们对语言通常持描写主义观点。 Compare: prescriptivist adjective descriptivist noun [ C ] uk/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪst/ us/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪ.vɪst/ language specialized（语言）描写主义者 someone who believes that books about language should describe how language is really used, rather than giving rules to follow saying what is correct and not correct He was a descriptivist and believed that a dictionary should reflect the actual contemporary state of the language. 他曾是一名语言描写主义者，认为词典应该反映语言在当代的真实使用情况。 Compare: prescriptivist noun |
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