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convulsive + noun
A convulsive movement shook his hand.
一阵痉挛性的动作使他的手抖动了一下。
抽搐的；痉挛性的；惊厥的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
抽搐的；痉挛性的；惊厥的
affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
A convulsive movement shook his hand.
一阵痉挛性的动作使他的手抖动了一下。
以惊厥为特征的；具有惊厥性质的。
Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
抽搐的；惊厥的
Having or producing convulsions.
She was overcome by convulsive sobs when she heard the sad news.
听到这个悲伤的消息时，她不禁剧烈抽泣。
His convulsive laughter filled the room, making everyone smile.
他剧烈的笑声充满了房间，让大家都笑了起来。
The kitten's convulsive twitching worried the children.
小猫痉挛般的抽搐让孩子们很担心。
A convulsive movement shook his hand.
一阵痉挛性的动作使他的手抖动了一下。
convulsive 常与 movement、fit、sob、laughter 等词搭配，表示无法控制的抽搐或剧烈反应。
Her breathing was convulsive.
她的呼吸是痉挛性的。
Not this
The patient had a convulsive.
Use this
The patient had a convulsion.
convulsive 是形容词，不能用作名词；表示“抽搐（发作）”时应用名词 convulsion。
Not this
He laughed convulsive.
Use this
He laughed convulsively.
修饰动词 laugh 需要用副词 convulsively，而不是形容词 convulsive；形容词通常不能直接作状语。
Not this
The evidence is not convulsive.
Use this
The evidence is not convincing.
convulsive 意为“抽搐的/剧烈的”，不是“有说服力的”；表达“令人信服”应用 convincing，注意拼写相近的 -sive 结尾形容词不可混淆。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
惊厥发作；抽搐性发作
The child was rushed to the hospital after a convulsive seizure.
孩子发生惊厥发作后被紧急送往医院。
痉挛性运动；抽搐动作
His convulsive movements made it hard for the doctors to examine him.
他那痉挛性的动作使医生难以对他进行检查。
痉挛性震颤
A convulsive tremor ran through her hands before she collapsed.
在她倒下之前，一阵痉挛性震颤传遍了她的双手。
控制不住的大笑；爆笑
The joke sent them into convulsive laughter.
那个笑话让他们爆发出无法控制的大笑。
抽噎；抽搐般地啜泣
She broke into convulsive sobbing when she heard the news.
听到这个消息，她忍不住抽噎起来。
惊厥性疾病
The doctor explained that the condition is a type of convulsive disorder.
医生解释说这种病属于一种惊厥性疾病。
狂笑不止
His remark sent the whole room into convulsive laughter.
他的话让整个房间的人狂笑不止。
止不住的抽泣
She broke down in convulsive sobs at the funeral.
她在葬礼上失声痛哭，止不住地抽泣。
剧烈的颤抖
A convulsive shudder ran through his body in the icy wind.
在刺骨的寒风中，他全身剧烈地颤抖了一下。
Use convulsive naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
看到 convulsive，先想其中的 convulse（抽搐）：全身肌肉不受控制地突然猛抽，既抽搐又剧烈，像被电击一样。
语域：formal 常见场景：医学/临床、正式书面/文学 该词通常用于医学或正式书面语，口语中较少见。作“抽搐的”讲时是医学用语；作“突然猛烈的”讲时多见于文学修辞。请根据语境选择对应释义。
The -sive words (impulsive, compulsive, explosive, decisive) share the final unstressed /sɪv/ sound with convulsive, but their stressed vowels differ, so they are not perfect rhymes. Beware of the lookalikes convulse /kənˈvʌls/ and convulsion /kənˈvʌlʃən/: they have different endings and sound different.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.