| 释义 |
prepoˈsitional, a.
[f. preposition n. + -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, or expressed by a preposition; formed with a preposition; serving as, or having the function of, a preposition.
a1831Bentham Univ. Gram. Wks. 1843 VIII. 346/1 In the singular number, besides the prepositional genitive, there is the inflexional formed as above by 's. 1846Proc. Philol. Soc. II. 212 The pronominal and prepositional roots constitute a class apart. 1940C. C. Fries Amer. Eng. Gram. 130 The prepositional infinitive was made up of the preposition or function word to and the dative case of a verbal noun. 1961R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts iii. 71 The prepositional adverbs but and like sometimes enter into subordinate clauses (then best regarded as interrogative in type) instead of preceding them and functioning as prepositions with declarative-clause objects. Ibid. viii. 185 Prepositional units used as subjects are assigned singular force. Over the fence is out. To admit the truth would be to endanger the whole enterprise. 1963F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. iv. 390 This object is traditionally called ‘the prepositional object’;..it would be more correct to call it a ‘direct object dependent on a prepositional group-verb’... Other terms for ‘prepositional group-verbs’ are ‘phrasal verbs’..‘group verbs’..‘compound verbs’. 1965N. Chomsky Aspects of Theory of Syntax ii. 101 It is well known that in Verb-Prepositional-Phrase constructions one can distinguish various degrees of ‘cohesion’ between the Verb and the accompanying Prepositional-Phrase. 1965Language XLI. 158 Prepositional object: John is looking at her (actually this is not what is usually called a prepositional object, but the object of a prepositional verb-unit look at.). 1966G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising ii. 12 Prepositions are a class of words which occur in initial position in a type of adverbial group, the ‘prepositional phrase’. |