| 单词 | pronoun |
| 释义 | pronoun (once / 1697 pages) n A pronoun is a word that's used in place of a noun or noun phrase, like “he,” “she,” or “it,” in place of “Dusty,” “Carol,” or “the lemur.” The word pronoun originally comes from the Latin pronomen, which broken down means "for" or "in place of" and "name." The pronoun is a "stand-in" word for another noun, so you can use pronouns instead of repeating someone's name: "Charley went to the store and to Charley's office and then back to Charley's house" becomes "Charley went to the store and to his office and then back to his house." WORD FAMILYpronoun: pronouns USAGE EXAMPLESIt added that students are encouraged at meetings to introduce themselves with the pronoun of their choice. BBC(Dec 14, 2016) Odder still that anyone would think a little juggling with personal pronouns is the key to moving gender forward. The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) “We do however suggest the use of genderless pronouns like singular ‘they’ to refer to individuals whose pronouns haven’t been confirmed. Washington Times(Dec 12, 2016) n a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase Hypo|Hyper anaphoric pronoun a pronoun that refers to an antecedent demonstrative, demonstrative pronouna pronoun that points out an intended referent personal pronouna pronoun expressing a distinction of person reciprocal pronouna pronoun or pronominal phrase (as `each other') that expresses a mutual action or relationship between the individuals indicated in the plural subject relative pronouna pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent reflexive, reflexive pronouna personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent closed-class word, function word a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning |
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