| 释义 |
ˈsubjectless, a.
[f. subject n. + -less.]
1. Having no subject of interest.
1803J. Porter Thaddeus (Warne) 101 Sick of his subjectless and dragging conversation. 1889Universal Rev. 15 Feb. 249 The subjectless dulness of modern design.
2. With no subjects to rule.
1840Carlyle Heroes vi. 370 The subjects without King can do nothing; the subjectless King can do something.
3. Of a proposition, sentence, verb: Having no subject.
1874Supernat. Relig. II. ii. vi. 51 With nothing more definite than a subjectless ϕησί to indicate who is referred to. 1875M. Arnold God & Bible v. 269 It is not true that the author..wields the subjectless he says in the random manner alleged. 1902tr. Brentano's Knowl. Right & Wrong App. 115 Miklosich expressed the view that the finite verb of subjectless propositions always stands in the third person of the singular. |