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dis·cur·sive
/dɪsˈkɝsɪv/
(
a
.)散漫的,不得要領的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dis·cur·sive
a.
1.
Passing
from
one
thing
to
another
;
ranging
over
a
wide
field
;
roving
;
digressive
;
desultory
.
“
Discursive
notices.”
The
power
he
[
Shakespeare
]
delights
to
show
is
not
intense
,
but
discursive
.
--
Hazlitt
.
A
man
rather
tacit
than
discursive
.
--
Carlyle
.
2.
Reasoning
;
proceeding
from
one
ground
to
another
,
as
in
reasoning
;
argumentative
.
Reason
is
her
being
,
Discursive
or
intuitive
. --
Milton
.
--
Dis*cur*sive*ly
,
adv.
--
Dis*cur*sive*ness
,
n.
◄
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
discursive
adj
1:
proceeding
to
a
conclusion
by
reason
or
argument
rather
than
intuition
[
syn
:
dianoetic
]
2: (
of
e.g.
speech
and
writing
)
tending
to
depart
from
the
main
point
or
cover
a
wide
range
of
subjects
; "
amusingly
digressive
with
satirical
thrusts
at
women's
fashions
among
other
things
"; "
a
rambling
discursive
book
"; "
his
excursive
remarks
"; "
a
rambling
speech
about
this
and
that
" [
syn
:
digressive
,
excursive
,
rambling
]
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