单词 | pro-sentence |
释义 | > as lemmaspro-sentence pro-sentence n. Brit. /ˈprəʊsɛntns/ , U.S. /ˈproʊˌsɛn(t)əns/ ΚΠ 1862 F. J. Furnivall Let. to Sub-editors Conc. Dict. (pamphlet in O.E.D. files) 4 Words which, like yes, no, amen, stand for sentences, may be called prosents.] 1953 W. J. Entwistle Aspects of Lang. v. 148 An interjection stands for everything that the situation inspires in the way of fear, surprise, astonishment, urgency, or any other emotion. It is not properly part of the sentence but parallel thereto; it is a pro-sentence. 1997 Philos. Rev. 106 437 The expression ‘is true’ is taken to be not a predicate at all, but a prosentence-forming operator that yields an anaphoric device whose antecedents are tokens of declarative sentences. < as lemmas |
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