释义 |
anaphoric, a. (and n.)|ænəˈfɒrɪk| [f. anaphora + -ic.] Of, pertaining to, or constituting anaphora (sense 1 b); referring to or standing for a preceding word or group of words. Hence as n., an anaphoric word.
1914Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. II. i. x. 247, I propose to apply the word anaphoric to one (or any other word) if it refers to some word already mentioned, while I say independent if there is no such contextual reference. 1933Bloomfield Language xv. 251 Anaphoric substitutes..say only that the particular form which is being replaced (the antecedent) has just been mentioned. 1934Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. vi. 315 Anaphoric expressions (e.g. the former, he, this) placed ahead of new matter. 1957R. W. Zandvoort Handbk. Eng. Gram. iii. vii. 177 Anaphoric one after a definite article or an adjective is usually called a prop-word. 1960S. Stubelius Balloon 28 While machine was from the outset the standard anaphoric for the aeroplane in the press, apparatus was only occasionally used. |