subordinate clause

英 [səˌbɔːdɪnət ˈklɔːz]

美 [səˌbɔːrdɪnət ˈklɔːz]

n.  从句; 从属分句

牛津词典

noun

• 从句；从属分句
  a group of words that is not a sentence but adds information to the main part of a sentence, for example when it rang in She answered the phone when it rang .

柯林斯词典

• 从句;从属分句
  Asubordinate clauseis a clause in a sentence which adds to or completes the information given in the main clause. It cannot usually stand alone as a sentence.

英英释义

noun

• a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb
  Synonym:dependent clause

双语例句

• Therefore, this paper analyzes in long sentences four kinds of subordinate structure, that is, Participle, Appositive, Verbless clause and Complex "with" structure.
  为此，本文以长句为单位，分析阅读中四个常见的从属结构：分词、同位语、无动词分句和with复合结构。
• Learning word well first, followed by putting phrase in, thirdly the subordinate clause, finishing the whole sentences fourthly.
  先学好单词，然后套上短语，其次从句，再次完成句子。
• A subordinate ( or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence.
  一个句子中的从句的功能类似于名词、形容词或者副词。
• For example, without the case element, it cannot function as a subordinate clause but a continuous modifier like an adverb.
  当其内部不能出现格成分时，就不能构成从句，只能以类似副词的形式构成连用修饰成分。
• The author selected six variables, including vocabulary, sentence length and nominal phrase, subordinate clause, passives and reduced clause.
  本文选择了六个变量，包括词汇、句长、名词性短语、从属子句、被动形式和紧缩子句。
• Complex sentence in English is composed of at least two clauses ( one main clause and one subordinate clause). In this thesis, the two clauses are analyzed from figure-ground perspective.
  英语中的复合句至少由一个主句和一个从句组成，对这两个分句可以从图形-背景的角度进行分析。
• It points out that the correct comprehension of open IF-clause depends on the understanding of the semantic relationship between the main clause and the subordinate clause, as well as the context.
  文章指出正确理解、把握、使用开放性If-条件句有赖于对主、从句间语义关系的认识以及具体语境的掌握。
• The main clause and subordinate clause of compound sentence must have subject and predicate, as same as the simple sentence.
  复合句的主句和从句也和简单句一样，必须有主语和谓语。
• In the pragmatics level, we find that the principal clause of the complex-sentence is objective presentation of an incident, and the subordinate clause of the complex-sentence is used to express the subjective evaluation of the writers and talkers.
  在语用层面，我们发现复句主句的语用功能在于客观陈述一个事件，补句的语用功能在于表达说写者的主观评价。
• On Relation Between WA and Modality in Subordinate Clause
  日语从句中ハ和语气的关系