| 释义 |
conˈjunctional, a.
[f. prec. + -al1: cf. mod.F conjonctionel.]
Pertaining or relating to conjunction or to a conjunction.
1. Astrol. and Astron. (see conjunction 3).
1665J. Gadbury London's Deliv. i. 4 Assistance from the Conjunctional, Opposite, or Quadrantal Rays of Jupiter. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. xii. 49 The moon in her conjunctional Aspects.
2. Gram. (See conjunction 6.)
1871Earle Philol. iv. 188 It becomes qualified to enter into conjunctional phrases, though it does not constitute a conjunction all by itself.
3. (See quot.)
1888Linn. Soc. Jrnl XX. 235 Conjunctional Segregation is Segregation arising from the instincts by which organisms seek each other.
Hence conˈjunctionally adv., in a conjunctional manner; as a conjunction.
1845Stoddart in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) I. 166/1 This adverb..came next to be employed prepositionally and conjunctionally, with the same reference to time past. |