2008年5月29日 星期四

Conducive


conducive







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a. (形容詞 adjective)



          1.    有助的,有益的,促成的[F][(+to)]

                      Exercise is conducive to good health.

                      運動有助於健康。





Dictionary.com



–adjective 

tending to produce; conducing; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually fol. by to): Good eating habits are conducive [to] good health.  

  



The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



conducive (adj.)   

 

when combined with a preposition, always combines with to and means "leading to, contributing to," as in This unbearably hot weather is not conducive [to] sleeping well.





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