- 1致使的；使役的（文法上的 causative verb 就是使役動詞：make / have / get / let）
Causative means acting as the cause of something — it is the thing (or the word) that makes something else happen. A doctor may talk about the causative agent of an illness, meaning the that brought it on. That use is rather formal. Though actually, the meaning students meet most is in grammar: a causative verb is one where you do not do the action yourself, but you make someone else do it. "She had her hair cut" — she did not cut it; she caused it to be cut. English uses make, have, get, and let this way. The old Latin word could also touch law and the case, but that is not what English need; in English today it is "causing" and, in class, "make someone do".
組成From French causatif, from Latin causātīvus, from causa, "cause", plus the ending -ive ("tending to"). Same family as the verb cause.
同家族的字
- causefrom Latin causa; a causative thing is one that causes something
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
causativeadj/ˈkɔːzətɪv/
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Acting as a cause.
- Causative in nature of a number of effects.
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Involving, or affected by, causality.
- Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.
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grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsExpressing a cause or causation.
- The ablative is a causative case.
causativenoun/ˈkɔːzətɪv/
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grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsAn expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
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