tentative
adj. 试验性的，暂定的；踌躇的
n. 假设，试验
adj.
试探性的；试验的；尝试性的；不确定的
n.
假设；实验；尝试；
变形
复数：tentatives
双语释义
adj.(形容词)试探性的;试验的;尝试性的 made or done to find out what may happen;experimental;not yet decided
英英释义
tentative[ 'tentətiv ]
adj.
under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
"just a tentative schedule"
同义词：probationaryprovisionalprovisionary
unsettled in mind or opinion
"drew a few tentative conclusions"
同义词：doubtful
词组短语
tentative plan设想；试验性计划
tentative data试验数据；推测数据
tentative schedule试验性时间表
tentative standard暂行标准
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
He still held a tentative relationship with Mary.
他还和玛丽保持着若即若离的关系。
Could we make a tentative appointment for Friday?
我们能暂时先约在星期五吗?
We've drawn up a tentative program for the next two weeks.
我们制定了一个之后两个星期的试探性计划。
Each step he took was slightly tentative.
他每走一步都有些迟疑不决。
权威例句
Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain DemocraciesGranular Matter: A Tentative View
A Tentative Model for the Volume of Trade between Countries
Tentative steps toward a development method for interfering programs
A tentative direct microscopic method for counting living marine bacteria.
AOCS Official and Tentative Methods of the American Oil Chemist's Society
A Tentative Exploration into the Amount and Equivocality of Information Processing in Organizational Work Units
Transitions from authoritarian rule : tentative conclusions about uncertain democracies
ChemInform Abstract: A Tentative Rationalization of Microwave Effects in Organic Synthesis According to the Reaction Medium, and Mec...
Activity of daptomycin against Gram-positive pathogens: a comparison with other agents and the determination of a tentative breakpoint
tentative (adj.)
1580s, from Medieval Latin tentativus "trying, testing," from Latin tentatus, past participle of tentare "to feel, try." Related: Tentatively; tentativeness.
1. First meetings always involve this tentative kind of exploration.
最初几次会晤总是要作一番临时的探讨。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. Each step he took was slightly tentative.
他每走一步都有些迟疑不决。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. I have some tentative suggestions.
我有几点不成熟的想法。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. He is a tentative writer.
他是个犹豫彷徨的作家。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. More recently, tentative techniques have been explored for changing human behaviour directly.
近年来为了直接改变人类的行为曾经探索采取一些实验性的技巧。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. He suddenly realizes that their tentative romance is over.
他突然意识到他们那刚刚萌发的罗曼史到此结束了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. She made all European progress seem sluggish and tentative by comparison.
它使欧洲的一切进步相形之下显得是缓慢的和暂时的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. He still held a tentative relationship with Marjorie Stafford.
他还和麦琪利·斯达福保持着若即若离的关系。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. Please come out with your tentative ideas at the meeting.
请把你的初步设想在会上讲一讲。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. Users remember toolbar layouts by position. If butcons disappear, the trusted toolbar becomes a skittish, tentative idiom that scares the daylights out of new users and disorients even those more experienced. Evolution of the Toolbar
用户记得工具栏所在位置，如果某些图标按钮消失了，受到一贯信任的工具栏变成了易变而暂时性的，使新手用户大惊失色，甚至较有经验的用户也会困惑不解。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
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