| 词汇 | dependent-clause |
| 释义 | dependent clause noun[ C ] language specializeduk /dɪˌpen.dənt ˈklɔːz/ us /dɪˌpen.dənt ˈklɑːz/ in grammar, a clause that cannot form a separate sentence but can form a sentence when joined with a main clause从句，从属分句（不独立成句，但能够与主句组成一个完整句子） Synonym subordinate clause Linguistics: grammatical terms ablative apposition appositive appositively attributively collocate concord dative declension feminine genitive indirect object nominal plural plurally post-modifier postposition postpositional postpositive syntax After a verb of wishing, the subjunctive is regularly used in the dependent clause. He does not giggle nor prattle, nor launch into a long and involved explanation with halting, dependent clauses. In Latin the law of tense sequence is obeyed with considerable regularity, especially when an indicative in the principal clause is followed by a subjunctive in the dependent clause. The subjunctive is used in a dependent clause to express the purpose of the action in the principal clause. The tense of the verb in a dependent clause varies with the tense of the principal verb: as, I know he will come. dependent clause | American Dictionarydependent clause noun[ C ] us/dɪˈpen·dənt ˈklɔz/ grammar a clause in a sentence that cannot form a separate sentence but can be joined to a main clause to form a sentence Examples of dependent clausedependent clause They seem to reveal a basic underlying difficulty in generating a complex sentence with a dependentclause. Since a dependentclause can not stand on its own as a sentence, complex sentences must also have at least one independent clause. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Conjunctive adverbs also do not exclude the possibility of having a dependentclause making a compound-complex sentence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A sentence with two or more independent clauses plus (one or more) dependent clauses is referred to as a "compound-complex sentence". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the preceding chapter, 'subordinate clause' is used in the sense of dependentclause, covering both the above subtypes (p. 545). The dependentclause serves as the object of the main-clause verb know. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The genitive indicates possession, and is used after adjectives that can introduce a dependentclause. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The future subjunctive screeve is used to express an unlikely event in the future and is usually used as a dependentclause. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A relative clause is a dependentclause that modifies a noun or noun phrase in the independent clause. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In these cases, the subject of the dependentclause may take a non-nominative form. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The word order changes also depending on whether the phrase is in a main clause or in certain kinds of dependentclause. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A dependentclause without an independent clause is one example of an incomplete sentence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A dependentclause also normally contains a subordinating conjunction (or in the case of relative clauses, a relative pronoun or phrase containing one). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The dependentclause serves as the subject of the main clause. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The main verb in the protasis (dependentclause) is usually in the subjunctive or in the indicative mood. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of dependent clause 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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