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

• ERP results showed significant difference between the two kinds of relative clause in the clause regions.
  实验结果显示，两类关系从句在从句区域表现出显著的差异性。
• Used as the antecedent of a relative clause.
  用作关系从句的先行词。
• Meanwhile, Relative Clause is also a hot issue forthe research of linguistics and second language acquisition.
  同时，关系从句也是语言学和二语习得研究的一个热点。
• 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。
• 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。
• The term "island constraints" refers to the grammatical phenomena that elements in a construction such as a subject clause, an adjunct, or a relative clause ( RC) cannot move out of the construction.
  岛屿限制现象指的是某些句子结构如主语、复杂名词短语（如关系从句和名词补语从句）和状语等结构中的成分不能移位。
• The second chapter presents the relevant theories and reviews the previous studies of relative clause.
  第二章是相关理论和前人研究的述评。
• The deep structure of the nominal relative clause is different from its surface structure.
  名词性关系从句的深层结构与其表层结构不一致。
• 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。