| 单词 | clause |
| 释义 | clause (once / 472 pages) 1n 2n A clause can be a scary thing. Whether it is a stipulation in a contract or a grammatical concept, people sometimes avoid clauses because they are too difficult to grasp. A provision or stipulation in a contract, clause is a noun that comes to us from the old French clause, which, if we trace it way back, comes from the Latin clausula “the end, a closing termination.” Circa 1300, the “ending” implication of the word began to fade and was replaced by “article or section of a text.” Legal documents, like prenuptial agreements or job contracts, often contain a clause, or many. WORD FAMILYclause: clauses USAGE EXAMPLESNew laws often include clauses with extraterritorial reach. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) He says the term of the clause was reduced to only a few months. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Answers never seem to be “yes” or “no,” but rather accompanied by an “if” clause: if the defense causes a turnover. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 n a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper article arbitration clause a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract deductiblea clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount double indemnitya clause in an insurance policy that provides for double the face value of the policy in the case of accidental death escalator, escalator clausea clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index) jokeran inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent reserve clausea clause that used to be part of the contract with a professional athlete extending the contract for a year beyond its expiration ridera clause that is appended to a legislative bill section, subdivision a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) n (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence Hypo|Hyper independent clause, main clause a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence coordinate clausea clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function dependent clause, subordinate clausea clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb relative clausea clause introduced by a relative pronoun restrictive clausea subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies descriptive clause, nonrestrictive clausea subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies construction, expression, grammatical construction a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit |
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