- 1aB2
/ˈdekərətɪv/
Pretty or attractive to look at. Something decorative is put there to make a place or an object look nice, and it does not always have a useful job to do.
裝飾用的；裝飾性的
比較級 more decorative最高級 most decorative
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Think of the small painted plate hanging on a kitchen wall. Nobody eats from it. It is there because the wall looks better with it — its whole job is to please the eye. Calling something decorative says you are looking at it as an ornament: it may still work (a decorative lamp does light the room), but the reason it was chosen is how it looks.
可以想成廚房牆上掛的那個彩繪盤子：沒有人拿它裝菜，它掛在那裡只是因為牆面有它比較好看。說一樣東西 decorativ…更多收起
可以想成廚房牆上掛的那個彩繪盤子：沒有人拿它裝菜，它掛在那裡只是因為牆面有它比較好看。說一樣東西 decorative，就是把它當成「為了好看而存在」的東西來看——它不一定沒有用（decorative lamp 還是會亮），但被選中的理由是外觀。也因為這層意思，這個字有時帶點言外之意：只是好看、沒什麼實際作用。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
decorativeadj/ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/
- 1
That serves to decorate
- Decorative embellishments give the home an elegant touch.
- Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost.
- 2
That has no functional purpose.
- The phone on the film set doesn't work, it's purely decorative.
decorativenoun/ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/
- 1
A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration.
- Analysts said the company’s results were in line, but noted that organic growth at the decoratives business was slightly weaker than expected.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。