conducive



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a. (形容詞 adjective)

          1.    有助的,有益的,促成的[F][(+to)]
                      Exercise is conducive to good health.
                      運動有助於健康。


Dictionary.com

–adjective 
tending to produce; conducing; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually fol. by to): Good eating habits are conducive [to] good health.  
  

The Columbia Guide to Standard American English

conducive (adj.)   
 
when combined with a preposition, always combines with to and means "leading to, contributing to," as in This unbearably hot weather is not conducive [to] sleeping well.


la03.jpg You may be tempted to shake your head and simply say that Anderson has been incredibly lucky, which is true, but that doesn’t give enough credit to his talents—not just as a director, but more generally as someone who has constructed a life almost preposterously conducive [to] the pursuit of fantastical whims. 


see whimsy whimsical preposterous








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