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Indicative means showing a sign of something, or suggesting that something is likely true — 'a fever is indicative of infection' means a fever is a sign pointing to infection. It's a fairly formal word, common in medical, scientific, and academic writing. In grammar class, 'indicative' also names the normal, everyday form of a verb used for facts and statements (as opposed to the subjunctive, used for wishes or hypotheticals).
表示…的、顯示…的；（文法）直說語氣
組成indicate + -ive (adjective ending)
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- indicatethe root word — something indicative indicates, or points to, something else
原始詞典資料4 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。
indicativeadj/ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/
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Serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something.
- He had pains indicative of a heart attack.
- Although it may be convenient within the case study publication format to cover the topic of pseudopathology in the discussion of differential diagnosis, this is not indicative of how this stage of work slots into the diagnostic process in the laboratory.
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grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsOf, or relating to the indicative mood.
indicativenoun/ɪnˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/
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grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsThe indicative mood.
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grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA term in the indicative mood.
- The fact that imperative forms were taken into English as indicatives suggests that the English speakers using the Hindustani verbs were most familiar (in some cases perhaps only familiar) with the imperative form.
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。