1. 指示的;象征的;暗示的 If one thing is indicative of another, it suggests what the other thing is likely to be.
e.g. The result was indicative of a strong retail market... 結果表明零售業(yè)市場(chǎng)繁榮。 e.g. Often physical appearance is indicative of how a person feels. 一個(gè)人的外表常能反映出他的感受。
2. 陳述語(yǔ)氣 In grammar, a clause that is in the indicative, or in the indicative mood, has a subject followed by a verb group. Examples are 'I'm hungry' and 'She was followed'. Clauses of this kind are typically used to make statements.
indicative英英釋義
indicative
noun
1. a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact