单词 | nonrestrictive |
释义 | nonrestrictive (once / 2363863 pages) adj WORD FAMILY restrictive: nonrestrictive, restrictively, restrictiveness, unrestrictive+/restrict: derestrict, restricted, restricting, restriction, restrictive, restricts/restricted: restrictedly, unrestricted/restriction: restrictions/unrestricted: unrestrictedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe nonrestrictive dynamic that defines the troop separates it from the two-dozen Cub, Boy and Girl scouts in town. Washington Times(Mar 06, 2015) What follows, to quote the stylebook, is “a nonrestrictive clause — one providing added information, not essential to understand the sentence.” New York Times(Dec 09, 2014) A nonrestrictive relative clause is set off by commas, dashes or parentheses, as in "The pair of shoes, which cost five thousand dollars, was hideous." The Guardian(Aug 15, 2014) adj not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase the nonrestrictive clause in `I always buy his books, which have influenced me greatly,' refers to his books generally and adds an additional fact about them Syn unrestrictive not tending to restrict |
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