1、sug- "up" + gest- "bring, carry" + -ive.
2、含义:suggest, supply, bring up.
3、最初的字面含义为:heap up, build. 后来演化、引申为:bring forward or bring up an idea, proposal.
4、but original English notion of "evil prompting" is preserved in suggestive (1630s, though the indecent aspect did not emerge until 1888).
中文词源
suggestive 性暗示的,性挑逗的
suggest,提议,建议,-ive,形容词后缀。引申比喻义带有性暗示的,性挑逗的等。
英文词源
suggestive (adj.)
1630s, "conveying a hint," from suggest + -ive. From 1888 specifically as a faintly euphemistic reference to proposals of indecent behavior. Related: Suggestively; suggestiveness.
双语例句
1. Emily turned and threw her a suggestive grin.
埃米莉转过头,冲她意味深长地一笑。
来自柯林斯例句
2. music that is suggestive of warm summer days
使人想起温暖夏日的音乐
来自《权威词典》
3. His behaviour was suggestive of a cultured man.