The naturalist's descriptive account of the coral reef enabled readers to visualize its intricate ecosystem without ever diving beneath the surface.
这位博物学家对珊瑚礁的描述性叙述，使读者无需潜入水下就能想象出其复杂的生态系统。
An architectural critique describes a new building's exterior in purely descriptive terms for its first section, withholding all evaluative judgment until a clearly marked second section explicitly labeled 'Assessment.'
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “descriptive”?
C — Serving to describe.. “descriptive” means Serving to describe..
Which word means “Serving to describe.”?
C — descriptive. “descriptive” means Serving to describe..
descriptive — Serving to describe.. In Chinese: 描写的;描述性的.
descriptive is pronounced //dɪˈskrɪptɪv//.
The naturalist's descriptive account of the coral reef enabled readers to visualize its intricate ecosystem without ever diving beneath the surface. (这位博物学家对珊瑚礁的描述性叙述，使读者无需潜入水下就能想象出其复杂的生态系统。)
illustrative, vivid, pictorial — all close in meaning to descriptive (Serving to describe.).
prescriptive, abstract — each the opposite of descriptive (Serving to describe.).
Yes. descriptive is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
describe(描述) + -tive → 起描述作用的 → 描述性的。