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

• 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。
• It is illustrated with examples that the infinitive can be substituted for the subordinate clause to make sentences more concise and more sprightly
  用例句来说明如何用不定式替换主从复合句中的从句，使句子变得简洁明快，并富有表现力
• The incorporated, or subordinate clause is normally called an embedded clause, and the clause into which it is embedded is called a matrix clause.
  被并入或是从属的子句通常被称为子句，而包含子句的子句被称为主句。
• 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。
• On Relation Between WA and Modality in Subordinate Clause
  日语从句中ハ和语气的关系
• In any English grammar textbooks, there are certain chapters analyzing complex sentences and its subordinate clause and main clause.
  在英语语法著作中，都有专门的章节阐述所谓的复合句、包括从属分句和领句。
• 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。
• 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 Effect on the Subordinate Clause by the Determiners in English
  英语中的限定词对关系分句的影响
• As for its syntax characteristics, short sentences are used much more often than long and complicated sentences, but in this paper subordinate clause and composite sentences are discussed.
  而句法上的特点是短句比长难句常见，但这篇文章着重讨论从句以及复合句的翻译。