来自object,目标，物体，-ive,名词后缀。引申词义目标，宗旨等。

1. I believe that a journalist should be completely objective.

我认为新闻记者不应当有丝毫偏见。

2. His objective was to kill the space station project altogether.

他的目的是使空间站项目全面停止。

3. Plainly, a more objective method of description must be adopted.

显而易见，必须采用更为客观的描述方法。

4. Ackroyd worked out this whole plot with one objective in view.

阿克罗伊德制订出这一整套秘密计划就是为了达到一个目的。

5. Postmodernists say there is no objective truth. Why should anyone believe them?

后现代主义者声称不存在客观事实。人们凭什么要相信他们呢？