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词汇 subject
释义 subject
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈsʌb.dʒekt/ us /ˈsʌb.dʒekt/

subjectnoun[C] (AREA OF DISCUSSION)


B1
the thing that is being discussed, considered, or studied: (讨论、考虑或研究的)主题,话题;问题;题目
Our subject for discussion is homelessness.我们讨论的话题是无家可归问题。
on the subject ofShe has made a series of documentaries on the subject of family relationships.她拍摄了一系列以家庭关系为题材的纪录片。
take something as your subjectThe guest lecturer took as her subject (= decided to speak about) "punishment and imprisonment in modern society".特邀演讲人演讲的题目是“现代社会的刑罚与监禁”。
the subject ofThe number of planes flying over the town has been the subject of (= has caused) concern since last summer.自去年夏天开始,从小镇上空飞过的飞机数量一直让人们忐忑不安。
Books on every conceivable subject lined one wall.靠墙一排排地摆放着所有能想得到的各学科的书。
Several experts are to give evidence on the subject.数位专家将就这个问题给出证据。
The school offers courses in every subject imaginable.任何一种能想到的课程,这所学校均有开设。
She's got some very interesting things to say on the subject.关于这个主题她有一些很有趣的东西要说。
Food, like sex, is a subject of almost universal interest.像性一样,食物几乎也是人们普遍感兴趣的话题。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Topics & areas of interest
affair
angle
backyard
bailiwick
centrism
con
convention
current issue
field
front
issue
kingdom
leitmotiv
province
specialism
talk
talking point
thematically
themed
topically

subjectnoun[C] (AREA OF STUDY)


A1
an area of knowledge that is studied in school, college, or university: (中小学或大学的)学科;科目;专业
My favourite subjects at school were history and English.上学时我最喜欢的科目是历史和地理。
mainly UKHer subject (= special area of study) is low-temperature physics.她的专业是低温物理学。
 change the subject
B2
to start talking about a different subject: 改变话题,换个话题
I'd tried to explain the situation, but he just changed the subject.我想把情况解释清楚,他却岔开了话题。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Subjects & disciplines
-ological
Afrocentrism
andragogy
AP
applicative
applied
ESOL
esp.
ethnoscience
food technology
functional skills
non-technical
nonscientific
ology
ontology
sports scientist
stem
sub-department
sub-discipline
subscience

subjectnoun[C] (STORY/PAINTING)


C2
a person, thing, or situation that is written about in a book, article, etc. or shown in a picture, etc.: (书、文章或画作的)主题,题目
The mill by the bridge was the subject of an unfinished painting by J. M. W. Turner.桥边磨坊是特纳一副未完成油画的主题。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Topics & areas of interest
affair
angle
backyard
bailiwick
centrism
con
convention
current issue
field
front
issue
kingdom
leitmotiv
province
specialism
talk
talking point
thematically
themed
topically

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Painting, drawing & printing
Literature

subjectnoun[C] (GRAMMAR)


B1language specialized
the person or thing that performs the action of a verb, or is joined to a description by a verb: 主语
"Bob" is the subject of the sentence "Bob threw the ball."Bob 是句子 Bob threw the ball 的主语。
Compare
objectnoun(GRAMMAR)specialized
'Clare' is the subject of the sentence 'Clare drank all the milk'.
'He' is the subject of the sentence 'He lost his job'.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Linguistic terms & linguistic style
accentual
affricate
allophone
allophony
anaphor
contextualize
easy read
emphatic
entailment
etymological
etymologically
inflected language
parataxis
pathetic fallacy
philological
philologically
polysemy
portmanteau word
stylistics
tautology

subjectnoun[C] (PERSON)


a person who lives in or who has the right to live in a particular country, especially a country with a king or queen: (尤指君主制国家的)臣民,国民
He is a British subject.他是英国臣民。
Compare
citizen
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
birthright citizenship
body politic
BRICS
citizen
compatriot
cross-national
denaturalize
domestic
dual
fatherland
internationalism
native
naturalization
naturalize
non-country
non-domestic
non-indigenous
non-national
overseas
stateless

Grammar



Dummy subjects
English clauses which are not imperatives must have a subject. Sometimes we need to use a ‘dummy’ or ‘empty’ or ‘artificial’ subject when there is no subject attached to the verb, and where the real subject is somewhere else in the clause. It and there are the two dummy subjects used in English: …

It as a dummy subject
We often use it as a dummy subject with adjectives and their complements: …

There as a dummy subject
There operates as a dummy subject in the construction there is or there are. There is/are indicates that something or someone exists or is in a particular place or situation: …

Subjects
A subject is one of the five major elements of clause structure. The other four are: verb, object, complement and adjunct. Subjects are essential in declarative, negative and interrogative clauses. …

Subject position
In statements (declarative clauses), the subject comes before the verb: …

Dummy subjects
The subject is an essential part of a clause. Sometimes we need to use a ‘dummy’ subject where there is no other subject to put in the subject position. We use it or there as subjects: …

No subject
In very informal speaking we can leave out the pronoun in declarative clauses (statements), particularly I with verbs like hope and know: …

Subjects: typical errors
We don’t omit the subject in declarative and interrogative clauses: …

Subject–verb agreement
The person and number of the subject of the clause determine the person and number of the verb of the clause. This is called subject–verb agreement or concord: …

Subject complements
A subject complement gives us more information about the subject. It usually comes after linking verbs and sense verbs (including be, seem, smell, taste), and after change of state verbs (including go, get, become). …

Subject complements: parts of speech
Subject complements can be adjective phrases, noun phrases, adverb phrases or prepositional phrases: …

Pronouns as subject complements
When we use a pronoun as a subject complement after be, we usually use an object pronoun (e.g. me, him, us): …
subject
verb[ T ]
uk /səbˈdʒekt/ us /səbˈdʒekt/
to defeat people or a country and then control them against their wishes and limit their freedom: 使臣服,征服,压服
The invaders quickly subjected the local tribes.入侵者很快就征服了当地的部落。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ruling & governing
administration
affairs of state
ascend
ascend the throneidiom
bipartisanship
government-sponsored
governmental
governmentally
governorate
hard Brexitidiom
oppression
oppressively
oppressiveness
overgovern
subjection
subjugate
subjugation
super-government
the politburo
tinpot

Phrasal verb


subject someone/something to something
subject
adjective
uk /ˈsʌb.dʒekt/ us /ˈsʌb.dʒekt/

subjectadjective (HAVING)


 be subject to something
C1
to have or experience a particular thing, especially something unpleasant: 有;遭受,承受
Cars are subject to a high domestic tax.买汽车要交很高的国内税。

subjectadjective (DEPEND)


 subject to something
C2
only able to happen if something else happens: 取决于,视…而定
We plan to go on Wednesday, subject to your approval.如果你同意,我们打算周三走。

subjectadjective (GOVERN)


[ before noun ]
under the political control of another country or state: 臣服的,被征服的
subject peoples/states被征服的民族/国家
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ruling & governing
administration
affairs of state
ascend
ascend the throneidiom
bipartisanship
government-sponsored
governmental
governmentally
governorate
hard Brexitidiom
oppression
oppressively
oppressiveness
overgovern
subjection
subjugate
subjugation
super-government
the politburo
tinpot

subject | American Dictionary


subject
noun[ C ]
us/ˈsʌb·dʒɪkt, -dʒekt/

subjectnoun[C] (AREA OF DISCUSSION)


something that is being discussed or considered:
School officials broached the subject of extending the school year.
It seemed like a good idea to change the subject.

subjectnoun[C] (SCHOOL COURSE)


an area of knowledge that is studied in school or college:
My favorite subjects are history and geography.

subjectnoun[C] (PERSON)


a person who lives or who has the right to live in a particular country, esp. a country with a king or queen:
a British subject

subjectnoun[C] (GRAMMAR)


grammar
the person or thing that performs the action of a verb, or which is joined to a description by a verb:
"Bob" is the subject of the sentence, "Bob threw the ball."

subject | Business English


subject
adjective
uk /ˈsʌbdʒɪkt/us
 subject to sth
likely to have or experience a particular thing, especially something unpleasant:
be subject to a charge/fee/tariffYou may be subject to additional bank charges for currency conversion.
The company could be subject to a hostile takeover.
Income from investment of the capital will be subject to tax.
depending on the stated thing happening:
The $1.14 billion project is subject to approval by the board.
Outline planning permission has been granted, subject to a public inquiry, for a new 10,000-seat stadium on the land.
Tax laws are subject to change.
The notice period for clients to leave the agency are subject to contract.
under the political control or authority of something:
The casinos are located on tribal lands not subject to state or local laws.
 subject to average
INSURANCE
used about an insurance agreement when the amount of insurance on a property is less than the real value of the property, so the amount paid out by the company will be reduced:
You must adequately insure yourself otherwise you may find yourself subject to average.

Examples of subject


subject
The word permitted a nonscientific psychological preoccupation to reappear as the subject of scientific experiment.
The verbal gerund, by contrast, can combine with adverbs, auxiliaries, ordinary objects, and common-case subjects.
Aquatic organic matter is subject to a hard-water error and is therefore not usable.
To test the role of purely spatial global properties, the luminance distribution in each image was subjected to a spatial-frequency analysis.
The literature on this subject could have been strengthened by recent high-profile publications.
The order of the assessments (medical and psychological) was randomly assigned within each subject group.
In several instances, he returns to subjects treated earlier in the book, such as children's education and the evolution from scrolls to codices.
Only nine subjects actively refused to participate in the study; the others were lost to follow-up or failed to return the consent form.
These were replaced by the next highest reading time for that subject in that condition and at that position.
Correspondingly, adult subjects do not favor the correct parabolic trajectory over other paths.
In both of these situations, social subjects enact authentication by historicizing their identities through claims of linguistic continuity with a valued past.
The same pronoun is used for both masculine and feminine individuals and for subject and object case roles.
Such regularities in conversations are the subject matter of sociolinguistics - the study of how social settings and roles influence language use.
Some advocates of reform stressed the desirability of adding new subjects to the curriculum, including modern sciences.
Every natural system is subject to regular disturbances; those that have survived indeed must have built up some degree of resilience.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations withsubject


subject

These are words often used in combination with subject.

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academic subject
In universities, despite lip-service to interdisciplinarity, the 'environment' is seen as a subdiscipline of the academic subject of geography.
arcane subject
It is an important but slightly arcane subject.
From the
Hansard archive

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autonomous subject
But there was a price to pay for this emancipation of man as autonomous subject and of the world as landscape.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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