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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Relative clause is an important but difficult grammatical structure in English study.
  关系从句是英语学习中的一个重点和难点。
• 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 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。
• Since you can not guarantee prompt shipment, we must amend the relative clause accordingly.
  既然你方不能保证即期装船，我们必须相应地将有关条款作一修改。
• Analysis: What interested me most is the subject clause, while Vietnamese concepts and values were translated into English is a relative clause modifying the way.
  令我最感兴趣的是越南人的观念和价值观译成英语时的表达方式。
• 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？
• 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。