单词 | object complement |
释义 | object complement in American Englishnoun Grammar a word or a group of words used in the predicate following a factitive verb and referring to its direct object, as treasurer in We appointed him treasurer, white in They painted the house white, or an interesting speaker in They thought him an interesting speaker Also called: objective complement Word origin [1905–10]English Easy Learning GrammarComplementsSome verbs such as be, become, seem, do not have an object but a complement. The subject complement is a word or phrase that tells us more about the subject. Alan ... Read more |
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