alphabetic

/ˌælfəˈbetɪk/ (bre, ipa) · [ˌælfəbˈɛtɪk] /ˌælfəˈbetɪk/ (ame, ipa) · [ˌælfəbˈɛtɪk] /ˌal-fə-ˈbe-tik How to pronounce alphabetic (audio)/ (ame, mw)

alphabetic — 形容詞

  • alphabeticpositive
  • more alphabeticcomparative
  • most alphabeticsuperlative

1. using letters, alone or in combinations, to show the sounds of spoken language.

1.形容詞C1
釋義

字母式的

用字母來表示語音的

using letters, alone or in combinations, to show the sounds of spoken language.

例句

Spanish uses an alphabetic writing system, so most sounds match letters closely.

西班牙語使用字母式的書寫系統，所以多數語音和字母相當對應。

alphabetic + writing system

The workbook explains how an alphabetic script turns speech into written signs.

那本練習本解釋了字母式文字怎樣把口語變成書寫符號。

alphabetic + script

同義詞
  • letter-based

    a plain descriptive phrase with almost the same meaning, but less formal than alphabetic

  • phonetic

    partly overlaps when letters show sounds, but phonetic more often focuses on pronunciation itself

反義詞
  • logographic

    using written symbols that stand for words or ideas rather than letters for sounds

  • syllabic

    using symbols that represent syllables instead of separate letters

文法句型

alphabetic + writing system

alphabetic + language

alphabetic + script

用法筆記

Usually modifies system, script, language, or code. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense describes how writing represents speech sounds, not how a list is arranged.

常見錯誤

❌Chinese is an alphabetic language because it has writing.
✅Spanish is an alphabetic language because letters represent sounds.
💡this sense is only for writing systems built from letters.

2. put into a sequence that follows the letters from A to Z.

2.形容詞C1
釋義

按字母序

依 A 到 Z 的順序排列的

put into a sequence that follows the letters from A to Z.

例句

The librarian filed the recipe cards in alphabetic order by family name.

圖書館員依姓氏把食譜卡按字母順序歸檔。

in alphabetic order

Our teacher asked for an alphabetic list of everyone in the science club.

老師要我們交一份科學社成員的按字母序名單。

alphabetic + list

同義詞
  • alphabetical

    the usual everyday adjective for arrangement by letters

  • A-to-Z

    informal and especially common for lists, menus, or indexes

反義詞

文法句型

in alphabetic order

alphabetic + list

alphabetic + arrangement

用法筆記

Most often appears in phrases like in alphabetic order or alphabetic list. Alphabetical is much more common in everyday English, but alphabetic can be used in the same ordering sense in formal or technical writing.

常見錯誤

❌Please put the names in alphabetic system.
✅Please put the names in alphabetic order.
💡this sense is usually used with words like order, list, or arrangement.