Interpretive means ‘about explaining or showing the meaning of something’.

Interpretive這個字means意思是‘about explaining or showing the meaning of something’「說明或展示某件事的意義」

A museum can have interpretive signs that help you understand what you are looking at. An interpretive dance tries to show a feeling or a story with the body, not with a lot of words. In school, an interpretive question asks you to say what a text means, not just copy a line.

A museum博物館can have可能會有interpretive signs解說牌that help you understand幫助你理解what you are looking at你正在看的東西。An interpretive dance詮釋性舞蹈with the body用身體tries to show試圖展現a feeling or a story一種情感或一個故事not with a lot of words而不是用很多話語。In school在學校裡an interpretive question詮釋性的問題asks you to say要求你說出what a text means一段文字的意思not just copy a line而不只是抄一句話。

The word is a little formal.

The word這個字is a little formal有點正式

British English often uses interpretative, with an extra ‘ta’ in the middle; American English likes interpretive. Both carry the same idea.

British English英式英語often uses常用interpretative, with an extra ‘ta’ in the middle多了‘ta’的這個拼法American English美式英語likes則常用interpretive另一種拼法。Both兩者carry the same idea意思相同。

Though actually, it is not the same as interpreted. Interpreted is the past of the verb: something already explained. Interpretive describes the kind of work — work whose job is to explain.

Though actually不過其實it它as interpreted跟interpreted被解釋過的is not the same不一樣。Interpreted is the past of the verb是這個動詞的過去式something already explained意思是已經解釋過的東西。Interpretive則是形容describes the kind of work一種工作work whose job is to explain那種工作的任務就是要解釋。