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 tentative ['tɛntətɪv]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 试验

a. 试验性的, 暂时的

[医] 暂定的, 假定的

[经] 试验(性)的, 尝试的, 暂定的




    tentative
    [ adj ]
    1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

      2. <adj.all>
      probationary employees
      a provisional government
      just a tentative schedule
    2. unsettled in mind or opinion

      3. <adj.all>
      drew a few tentative conclusions


    Tentative \Ten*ta"tive\, a. [L. tentare to try: cf. F. tentatif.
    See {Tempt}.]
    Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying;
    experimental. ``A slow, tentative manner.'' --Carlyle. --
    {Ten*ta"tive*ly}, adv.


    Tentative \Ten*ta"tive\, n. [Cf. F. tentative.]
    An essay; a trial; an experiment. --Berkley.

    1. Long Island legislators and Lilco opponents reacted angrily to some tentative terms of the pact, including one that would terminate a lawsuit charging Lilco with fraud, and seeking to recover from the utility $2.9 billion already paid by Lilco ratepayers.
    2. Late Friday, the company said it entered a tentative agreement under which it will sell an 11% stake to International Paper for $209 million.
    3. Three West German steelmakers announced a tentative plan to cut costs by merging parts of their operations and slashing an estimated 3,200 jobs.
    4. Zaretsky stressed in his report that his conclusions were tentative and based on an as-yet uncompleted examination of Revco's problems.
    5. A major bond rating agency said Tuesday it is reviewing the status of New York City's ability to repay debt following a tentative agreement to give teachers a 5.5 percent pay raise.
    6. These matters include tentative rules on industrial subsidies, on tighter anti-dumping controls and on investment, and a plan for bringing textile trade, which has been governed by a separate agreement, under the GATT framework.
    7. Congressional leaders, in virtual agreement on major tax issues, sought spending compromises today as they neared completion of a deficit-reduction plan that has the tentative support of a majority of lawmakers and President Bush.
    8. As in recent sessions, trading opened on a tentative note, with the 100-share index up just 5.5 points, amid near disbelief at the market's virtually unhindered rise in recent weeks.
    9. The following table shows the weekly lower and upper limits implied by the Fed's tentative 1987 target range for M1.
    10. Assuming no significant new evidence surfaces during that time, the panel will renew its tentative call for three specific steps to study the safety of the gel implants over the next few years.
    11. Dukakis' Democratic rival, Jesse Jackson, repeated his criticism of U.S. negotiations with Noriega but made no reference to the reported tentative agreement.
    12. Union members are expected to vote on the tentative agreement this weekend.
    13. Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland all struggle to replace state-run economies with free markets, but their reforms remain tentative and fragile.
    14. In Kentucky, striking miners were happy with the tentative agreement announcement, said Bobby Roy Justice of District 30.
    15. NYNEX spokesman John O'Brien, in announcing the tentative three-year pact, said union members would vote on the agreement by Dec. 1 and return to work Dec. 4.
    16. The action ends a bidding contest that began in February when Dow Jones-Group W reached a tentative agreement to purchase FNN for $90 million.
    17. He noted that while thorough, results from the evaluations were tentative.
    18. A tentative agreement calls for MCA to pay 20 percent of the purchase price, with the investment group Boston Ventures Limited Partnership putting up the balance, according to the Los Angeles Times.
    19. A review of last week's events shows that instructions were tentative concerning whether the U.S. would forcefully take Gen.
    20. Wells Fargo Mortgage and Cal Fed Syndications have been trying to modify a $175 million tentative agreement reached in October after Cal Fed expressed concern about some of the properties involved.
    21. Baker made tentative arrangements to visit Moscow in May where he will discuss a summit meeting for President Bush with Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
    22. The leaders said they had informed Gov. Mario Cuomo about the tentative agreement.
    23. He wondered why I was so tentative.
    24. Gary Montopoli, managing partner of Arthur Andersen's office in Cincinnati, confirmed that a tentative settlement had been reached but said terms couldn't be disclosed yet.
    25. So far, though, the advances have been tentative. "But I think you're going to see the successful U.S. studios make major moves into foreign markets," Meeker said.
    26. According to Mr. Ford, the exchange didn't make any significant changes following the tentative understanding reached with his September letter.
    27. Gorbachev will address Congress during his U.S. visit next month under a tentative accord reached between White House, Kremlin and Capitol Hill officials, congressional sources said.
    28. But trading was tentative for most of the afternoon amid continued concern about last week's rise in banks' base lending rates and nervousness ahead of Tuesday's release of U.K. trade data for June, dealers said.
    29. Aug. 5 _ Benton makes tentative agreement to sell Heritage USA to Canadian businessman Peter Thomas.
    30. Senior creditors have backed the tentative agreement between Integrated and Bankers Trust.
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