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tentative 音标拼音: [t'ɛntətɪv] [t'ɛnətɪv] n. 试验,假设
a. 试验性质的,暂时的 试验,假设试验性质的,暂时的 tentative试验的 tentative试探 tentative adj 1: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; " probationary employees"; " a provisional government"; " just a tentative schedule" [ synonym: { probationary}, { provisional}, { provisionary}, { tentative}] 2: unsettled in mind or opinion; " drew a few tentative conclusions" [ synonym: { doubtful}, { tentative}] Tentative \ Ten* ta" tive\, a. [ L. tentare to try: cf. F. tentatif. See { Tempt}.] Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. " A slow, tentative manner." -- Carlyle. -- { Ten* ta" tive* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster]
Tentative \ Ten* ta" tive\, n. [ Cf. F. tentative.] An essay; a trial; an experiment. -- Berkley. [ 1913 Webster] 233 Moby Thesaurus words for " tentative": acting, ad hoc, ad interim, alternate, alternative, ambling, analytic, apprehensive, awkward, backup, band- aid, blankminded, callow, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, claudicant, counterfeit, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, cut- and- try, dangerous, deliberate, demurring, desultory, determined, diffident, discreet, disinclined, dumb, dummy, easy, empirical, empty, empty- headed, equivalent, ersatz, examinational, examinatorial, examining, experimental, explorational, explorative, exploratory, fact- finding, fake, faltering, feeling, flagging, foot- dragging, gauche, gentle, gingerly, gradual, green, groping, guarded, halting, hazardous, heedful, hesitant, hesitating, heuristic, hit- or- miss, hobbled, hobbling, idle, ignorant, imitation, improvisational, improvised, inane, indagative, indecisive, indolent, inexperienced, infirm, innocent, insecure, inspectional, inspectorial, insubstantial, interim, investigational, investigative, investigatory, irresolute, jibbing, judicious, jury- rigged, know- nothing, languid, languorous, lazy, leaving out nothing, leisurely, limping, lumbering, makeshift, makeshifty, mindful, mock, moderate, naive, nescient, noncommittal, on guard, overlooking no possibility, pawky, perilous, phony, pilot, pinch, poking, poky, politic, precarious, probationary, probative, probatory, proving, provisional, provisory, proxy, prudent, raw, regardful, relaxed, reluctant, reserve, resolute, risky, safe, sauntering, scrupling, secondary, shaky, shifting, shifty, shilly- shallying, shuffling, shy, simple, slack, slippery, slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses, slow as slow, slow to act, slow- crawling, slow- foot, slow- going, slow- legged, slow- moving, slow- paced, slow- poky, slow- running, slow- sailing, slow- stepped, sluggish, snail- paced, snaillike, spare, speculative, staggering, sticking, stickling, stopgap, straining, strange to, strolling, substitute, temporary, test, testing, thorough, ticklish, timid, toddling, token, tortoiselike, tottering, treacherous, trial, trial- and- error, trudging, trying, turtlelike, unacquainted, unadventurous, unapprized, uncertain, uncommunicative, uncomprehending, unconversant, undaring, undependable, uneasy, unenlightened, unenterprising, unfaithworthy, unfamiliar, unhurried, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, unintelligent, unknowing, unposted, unprecipitate, unreliable, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrustworthy, unversed, utility, vacillatory, vacuous, venturesome, verificatory, vicarious, waddling, willing, wobbly, zetetic
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