relative clause

英 [ˈrelətɪv klɔːz]

美 [ˈrelətɪv klɔːz]

n.  关系从句

柯林斯词典

• 关系从句
  In grammar, arelative clauseis a subordinate clause which specifies or gives information about a person or thing. Relative clauses come after a noun or pronoun and, in English, often begin with a relative pronoun such as 'who', 'which', or 'that'.

英英释义

noun

• a clause introduced by a relative pronoun
  1. `who visits frequently' is a relative clause in the sentence `John, who visits frequently, is ill'

双语例句

• The third chapter is the contrastive analysis of relative clause between in English and Chinese.
  第三章是对比分析英汉关系从句的相同及不同之处。
• This paper explores how some notional verbs merge into the relative clause structure.
  本文探讨实义动词如何融入关系小句。
• Different hypotheses and theories have been put forward to explain this subject-object asymmetry in English relative clause processing and they turned out to be successful in a large sense.
  针对这种在关系小句加工中存在的主、宾语不对称现象，学者们提出了不同的理论和假说，并成功地对其进行了解释。
• Given the independent use property and complete internal argument structure of the Chinese relative clause, we postulate that a relative clause can have the same syntactic status as a normal sentence with topic and focus positions.
  鉴于汉语关系从句的独立使用特征和内部论元结构的完整性，本文认为汉语关系从句与一般句有相同的句法地位，可以有自己的话题和焦点。
• Used as the antecedent of a relative clause followed by a relative clause, often without that
  后接关系从句，常不用that
• Just because of this, the kind of clause is a special nominal clause as well as a special relative clause.
  正因为如此，这种从句即是一种特殊的关系从句又是一种特殊的名词性从句。
• Relative clause, as a typical type, has been studied as early as 1970s.
  尤其是关系从句，早在上世纪70年代就有人研究过。
• What's the difference between adverbial clause and relative clause here?
  地点状语和定语从句在这里是什么区别？
• The paper discussed the relative clause of road machinery rent contract in construction, and introduced the advantage of machinery rent, problem and protective measures.
  探讨公路工程施工中筑路机械租赁合同中有关承租方利益的条款，并介绍机械租用的优越性和租赁工程中遇到的问题以及采取的防范措施。
• In this sentence the relative clause restricts the application of the word candidate to a single person.
  这句话中，关系从句将先行词candidate限制为一个人。