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

• ( grammar) serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause.
  （语法）用以连接从句和主句。
• 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。
• 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 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 frequency of errors on introductory connectives made by non-major college students in advanced proficiency level is similar to that of errors in the relation between subordinate clause and main clause.
  高级水平的非英语专业的大学生出现关联词错误与主从句关系错误的频数基本差不多；
• The author selected six variables, including vocabulary, sentence length and nominal phrase, subordinate clause, passives and reduced clause.
  本文选择了六个变量，包括词汇、句长、名词性短语、从属子句、被动形式和紧缩子句。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。