subordinate clause

英 [səˌbɔːdɪnət ˈklɔːz]

美 [səˌbɔːrdɪnət ˈklɔːz]

n.  从句; 从属分句

牛津词典

noun

• 从句；从属分句
  a group of words that is not a sentence but adds information to the main part of a sentence, for example when it rang in She answered the phone when it rang .

柯林斯词典

• 从句;从属分句
  Asubordinate clauseis a clause in a sentence which adds to or completes the information given in the main clause. It cannot usually stand alone as a sentence.

英英释义

noun

• a 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
  Synonym:dependent clause

双语例句

• For example, without the case element, it cannot function as a subordinate clause but a continuous modifier like an adverb.
  当其内部不能出现格成分时，就不能构成从句，只能以类似副词的形式构成连用修饰成分。
• In any English grammar textbooks, there are certain chapters analyzing complex sentences and its subordinate clause and main clause.
  在英语语法著作中，都有专门的章节阐述所谓的复合句、包括从属分句和领句。
• The subordinate clause of the complex-sentence mainly expresses result, tense and degree& three grammar significances.
  复句的补句主要表达结果、情态、程度三类语法意义。
• The contracted structure, a distinctive structure in modern Chinese, can be the contracted sentence when it is alone and can also be part of the simple sentence as well as the subordinate clause of the complex sentence.
  紧缩结构是现代汉语中很有特色的一种结构类型，紧缩结构可以单独成句成为紧缩句，也可以充当单句的句子成分，还可以充当复句的分句。
• Compared with "mae/ maeni",( 1)" maekara "features more negative forms in its subordinate clause, and its main clause more often takes the form of" siteiru "or nominal or adjectival predicates;
  与“マエ/マエニ”复句相比较：（1）“マエカラ”复句的从句内否定式出现的比例较高，主句以テイル形式以及名词、形容词等状态性谓语为主；
• Why can be used as a conjunctive adverb and a relative adverb to introduce subordinate clause; besides, why is an interjection, so why can express the mood or emotion.
  如why可以作为连接副词和关系副词引导从句，同时由于自身具备感叹词的性质，也可以表达感叹的语气。
• From the syntax perspective, the principal clause of Chinese verb-copying supplementary complex-sentence is in the form of complex predicate, and the subordinate clause duplicates or duplicates partly the core predicate verb of the sentence, adds structural particle-"de", and then brings the complement.
  从句法上看，复动补充复句主句谓语形式复杂，补句重复或部分重复主句中的谓语核心动词，再带结构助词得后跟补语。
• A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause.
  至少包含一个主句和一个从句的句子。
• A subordinate ( or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence.
  一个句子中的从句的功能类似于名词、形容词或者副词。
• Syntactic Features in Using of the Subordinate Clause by Chinese Senior High School Students
  中国高中生从属分句的句法使用特征研究