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单词 extraposition
释义

extrapositionn.

Etymology: < extra- prefix + position n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌextrapoˈsition.
Grammar.
(See quot. 1933.)
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1927 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. III. i. 12 In many cases the to-infinitive as a primary is placed in extraposition while it represents it in the ordinary position.
1933 O. Jespersen Essent. Eng. Gram. (1939) ix. 95 A word or group of words is often placed by itself, outside the sentence proper, in which it is represented by a pronoun; we then speak of ‘extraposition’: For the raine, it raineth every day.

Derivatives

ˌextrapoˈsitional adj.
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1961 Y. Olsson On Syntax Eng. Verb v. 88 The extra-positional, but intra-sectional, units.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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