| 单词 | predicative adjunct |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspredicative adjunct predicative adjunct n. Grammar a word or phrase that amplifies or completes the predicate of the sentence. ΚΠ 1869 W. D. Whitney Compendious German Gramm. 208 The members of the predicate most often placed at the head of the sentence for emphasis..are the object (direct, indirect, or remote), and the various adverbial adjuncts; less often a predicative adjunct. 1925 Classical Rev. 39 39/1 In ‘a poor soul sat sighing’, soul is a primary, poor an adjunct, sat also an adjunct... What are we to do with the predicative adjunct sighing? 1999 A. P. Cowie Eng. Dictionaries for Foreign Learners v. 153 In the case of clause patterns with predicative adjuncts—the kind illustrated by Put the vase on the table and indicated by the pattern V + O + A—the Cobuild policy is well conceived. < as lemmas |
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