relative clause

英 [ˈrelətɪv klɔːz]

美 [ˈrelətɪv klɔːz]

n.  关系从句

柯林斯词典

• 关系从句
  In grammar, arelative clauseis a subordinate clause which specifies or gives information about a person or thing. Relative clauses come after a noun or pronoun and, in English, often begin with a relative pronoun such as 'who', 'which', or 'that'.

英英释义

noun

• a clause introduced by a relative pronoun
  1. `who visits frequently' is a relative clause in the sentence `John, who visits frequently, is ill'

双语例句

• What kind of relative clause do we normally use to modify a non-nominal antecedent?
  我们通常使用哪种关系分句去修饰非名词性先行词？
• Relative clause, as a typical type, has been studied as early as 1970s.
  尤其是关系从句，早在上世纪70年代就有人研究过。
• Used as the antecedent of a relative clause followed by a relative clause, often without that
  后接关系从句，常不用that
• Explain the difference between a double relative clause and an embedded relative clause?
  解释双重关系分句与嵌入式关系分句的不同点。
• The relative clause is a very important structure in English and it has been studied from different angles in the literature.
  关系从句是英语中的一个重要句式，研究者们一直在从各个角度对其加以研究。
• Used as the antecedent of a relative clause.
  用作关系从句的先行词。
• In this sentence the relative clause restricts the application of the word candidate to a single person.
  这句话中，关系从句将先行词candidate限制为一个人。
• The third chapter is the contrastive analysis of relative clause between in English and Chinese.
  第三章是对比分析英汉关系从句的相同及不同之处。
• This paper explores how some notional verbs merge into the relative clause structure.
  本文探讨实义动词如何融入关系小句。
• Given the independent use property and complete internal argument structure of the Chinese relative clause, we postulate that a relative clause can have the same syntactic status as a normal sentence with topic and focus positions.
  鉴于汉语关系从句的独立使用特征和内部论元结构的完整性，本文认为汉语关系从句与一般句有相同的句法地位，可以有自己的话题和焦点。