| 释义 |
non-passive, a. and n. Gram.
[non- 3, 2.]
A. adj. Not in the passive voice.
1962C. Barber in F. Behre Contrib. Eng. Syntax 26 Of these [finite verbs], 28% are passive, and 72% non-passive. 1963F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax of Eng. Lang. I. iv. 562 In the non-passive construction the predicative adjunct is usually preceded by for: ‘Hig hæfdon hyne for ænne witegan’. 1965Language XLI. 107 The non-passive aorist in Greek.
B. n. A construction not in the passive voice.
1962C. Barber in F. Behre Contrib. Eng. Syntax 27 A much smaller number of passives—only 3%, against 97% non-passives. |