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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

暂时的

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhànshí de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tentative/ˈtɛn.tə.tɪv/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这是一个暂时的安排。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not certain or fixed; provisional, subject to future confirmation or change.

    "We made tentative plans for the weekend, depending on the weather."
  2. 2

    Done without confidence; hesitant or cautious.

    "She took a tentative step onto the slippery ice."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word 'tentativus', meaning 'probing' or 'trying', which comes from the classical Latin verb 'tentare' (to handle, try, or test). Entering the English language in the early 17th century, it initially retained the literal sense of being experimental or done as a trial before shifting toward its modern application implying uncertainty or lack of finality.

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