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

• 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。
• 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。
• Research on English Subordinate Clause Recognition: A Corpus based Approach
  基于语料库的英语从句识别研究
• 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。
• Complex sentence in English is composed of at least two clauses ( one main clause and one subordinate clause). In this thesis, the two clauses are analyzed from figure-ground perspective.
  英语中的复合句至少由一个主句和一个从句组成，对这两个分句可以从图形-背景的角度进行分析。
• 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。
• 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
• The main clause and subordinate clause of compound sentence must have subject and predicate, as same as the simple sentence.
  复合句的主句和从句也和简单句一样，必须有主语和谓语。
• The identification of English subordinate clause has an great influence on the analysis of complex sentences.
  英语从句识别对于英语复合句的分析至关重要。
• 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。