| 词汇 | defining |
| 释义 | defining adjective uk /dɪˈfaɪ.nɪŋ/ us /dɪˈfaɪ.nɪŋ/ definingadjective (IMPORTANT)very important in understanding or describing something: defining eventThe attacks were the defining event of his presidency. defining feature Electronic dance music is characterized by several defining features. There are many differences between the candidates, but none is more defining than this issue. See also defining moment Synonym key Though he sometimes felt trapped by his past success and fame, he also knew that it was the completely defining thing in his life. She was a defining force in the American theatre as well as in so many people's lives. The invention of celluloid was a defining advance in early polymer science. Many Americans saw communism as the defining moral challenge of the age. Very important or urgent all-important at all costsidiom be a matter of life and/or deathidiom cardinally chief imperative last but not leastidiom leading life-altering life-and-death life-changing overriding primary prime principally prior prized seminal tectonic weighty definingadjective (LANGUAGE)language specialized (of a clause) giving information about someone or something that is necessary in order to understand who or what is being referred to, or (of a pronoun) used in a clause like this: 限定性的 No commas are used before defining clauses.在限定性从句前不使用逗号。 In "They interviewed the woman whose dog had been rescued", "whose dog had been rescued" is a defining relative clause because it makes clear which woman is being talked about. 在“They interviewed the woman whose dog had been rescued”这句话中，“whose dog had been rescued”是限定性关系从名，因为它能表明谈及的是哪一个女性。 We can use "who" or "that" as a defining relative pronoun to talk about people.我们可以用“who”或者“that”作为限定性关系代词来谈论人。 Compare non-defining Defining clauses give essential information to identify the person or thing we are talking about. If we remove the defining relative clause from the sentence "Cats that have blue eyes are very unusual", the meaning of the sentence changes completely. If we say "the Sam who we used to know", there is more than one Sam and "who we used to know" serves as a defining relative clause. Is this clause defining or non-defining? Linguistics: sentences & expressions adage asyndetic asyndetically asyndeton backchannel clause coin complex sentence compound sentence concessive clause dicta dictum epigram motto phrase proverbial sentence tail Trumpism war cry Examples of definingdefining And this is because the community manifests equal concern, and the rule is integral in defining rights and roles in the community. They are also told to be very careful in defining the project/policy which is the subject of their analysis. The authors motivate their numerical results with symbolic calculations, defining a replication probability that is inversely proportional to plasmid concentration. This statement is true, but defining an extension of the simplified system is not a matter of straightforward substitution. As noted earlier, defining neighborhoods or examining neighborhood character is not as straightforward a task as it may seem. Moreover, for some cases involving trees we estimate the smallest quantifier depth of a defining formula up to a factor of 1 + o(1). Virtually anything can fit these broad categories of definition, with the effect that the defining criterion is no criterion at all. Now, if these important (perhaps even defining) visual/sensory features are impaired, then patients may not have enough information to differentiate one exemplar from another. Visual imagery is perhaps the most defining quality of dream mentation. The defining aspect of the category is still the directionality of the speakers and the restriction placed on the viewer's position. Clearly, it is not reasonable to expect all maltreatment investigations to utilize identical procedures for defining the sample. While defining the range of each category, the comparison of the three identified dimensions was possible. In defining the ground to be covered by this book, the author faced immense difficulties. Analogously to the situation for resolvespecs, there is a tension between allowing arbitrary computation in defining the relations and supporting compile-time analysis. An estimate of the margin required when defining blocks around the prostate. 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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