discursive

discursive
[dɪsˈkəːsɪv]
adjective
  1. digressing from subject to subject
    离题的;东扯西拉的
    students often write dull, second-hand, discursive prose.
    学生们写的文章往往枯燥乏味、缺乏新意、东扯西拉。
    ■(of a style of speech or writing) fluent and expansive rather than formulaic or abbreviated
    (演讲或写作风格)流畅的,舒展的
    the short story is concentrated, whereas the novel is discursive.
    短篇小说的内容是集中的,而长篇小说则是展得很开的。
  2. of or relating to discourse or modes of discourse
    论述的;论述形式的
    the attempt to transform utterances from one discursive context to another.
    将讲话从一种论述背景转换到另一种的努力。
  3. (Philosophy, archaic)proceeding by argument or reasoning rather than by intuition
    (哲 古)推论的;推理的
派生
discursively
adverb
discursiveness
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin discursivus, from Latin discurs-, literally 'gone hastily to and fro', from the verb discurrere (see discourse)
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