"taking a direct object" (of verbs), 1570s (implied in transitively), from Late Latin transitivus (Priscian) "transitive," literally "passing over (to another person)," from transire "go or cross over" (see transient). Related: Transitively.
双语例句
1. Verbs that take object are called transitive verbs.
带宾语的动词称为及物动词.
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2. Transitive verbs take an object.
及物动词要有宾语.
来自辞典例句
3. Most transitive verbs can take a reflexive pronoun asobject.
大部分及物动词可跟反身代词作宾语.
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4. And generate Rs reflexive closure, symmetric closure and transitive closure.
并且生成R的自反闭包 、 对称闭包和传递闭包.
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5. The verbs were subdivided into transitive and intransitive categories.