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

• The incorporated, or subordinate clause is normally called an embedded clause, and the clause into which it is embedded is called a matrix clause.
  被并入或是从属的子句通常被称为子句，而包含子句的子句被称为主句。
• Passive subordinate clause also included the one with passive marker and the one which has no passive marker.
  被动从句也包括有标志被动从句和意念被动从句。
• In the pragmatics level, we find that the principal clause of the complex-sentence is objective presentation of an incident, and the subordinate clause of the complex-sentence is used to express the subjective evaluation of the writers and talkers.
  在语用层面，我们发现复句主句的语用功能在于客观陈述一个事件，补句的语用功能在于表达说写者的主观评价。
• Some temporal adverbial clauses, judging from their forms, may be seriously misled to express temporal concept. And yet, they actually mark an adversative, causative, conditional, concessive, purposive or preference relation existing in the subordinate clause and the main clause in logic.
  尽管有些状语从句从形式上看是时间状语，但从逻辑判断来分析却表示转折、原因、条件、让步、目的和取舍等关系。
• It is illustrated with examples that the infinitive can be substituted for the subordinate clause to make sentences more concise and more sprightly
  用例句来说明如何用不定式替换主从复合句中的从句，使句子变得简洁明快，并富有表现力
• 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；
• 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
• As for its syntax characteristics, short sentences are used much more often than long and complicated sentences, but in this paper subordinate clause and composite sentences are discussed.
  而句法上的特点是短句比长难句常见，但这篇文章着重讨论从句以及复合句的翻译。
• The Effect on the Subordinate Clause by the Determiners in English
  英语中的限定词对关系分句的影响
• Research on English Subordinate Clause Recognition: A Corpus based Approach
  基于语料库的英语从句识别研究