generative

1. ADJ If something is generative, it is capable of producing something or causing it to develop. 有生产能力的; 令…生长的[正式]

...the generative power of the sun. ...太阳催生万物的能力。

2. ADJ In linguistics, generative is used to describe linguistic theories or models which are based on the idea that a single set of rules can explain how all the possible sentences of a language are formed. (语言学)生成的[技术] [ADJ n]