early 15c., "that produces a (physical) quality," from Medieval Latin qualitativus "relating to quality," from stem of Latin qualitas "a quality, property, nature" (see quality). Meaning "concerned with quality" is from c. 1600 in English, from French qualitatif or Medieval Latin qualitativus. Related: Qualitatively.
雙語例句
1. That's the whole difference between quantitative and qualitative research.
那就是定量研究和定性研究之間的重大差別。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Qualitative analysis shows that water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen.
定性分析表明水是由氫氧結(jié)合而成的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. There are qualitative differences in the way children and adults think.
孩子和成年人的思維方式有質(zhì)的不同。
來自辭典例句
4. Arms races have a quantitative and a qualitative aspects.
軍備競賽具有數(shù)量和質(zhì)量兩個方面.
來自辭典例句
5. Qualitative simplification has been suggested in the form of triboelectric series.