Formative

(noun.) minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function.

(adj.) forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; 'a formative influence'; 'a formative experience' .

(adj.) capable of forming new cells and tissues; 'a formative zone in developing bone' .

卡梅拉校对

• Sprague, who also gives a curious glimpse of the glorious uncertainties and vicissitudes of that formative period. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• That education is formative of mind is not questioned; it is the conception already propounded. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Each such group exercises a formative influence on the active dispositions of its members. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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