| 单词 | object complement |
| 释义 | > as lemmasobject complement object complement n. Grammar a sentence element, usually a noun, noun phrase, adjective, or adjectival phrase, which complements the object of a verb, expressing the state or condition of the object at the time of, or resulting from, the action; cf. objective complement n. at objective adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > complement > specific objective complement1870 object complement1898 recipient1899 1898 H. Sweet New Eng. Grammar II. 16 Object-complements naturally follow the object-word: they made him king, [etc.]. 1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. iv. 550 Since these added adjectives or nouns do not affect the meaning of the verb, but are merely adjuncts to the object the term ‘object complement’ or ‘objective complement’..seems preferable to the appellation ‘predicative adjunct’. 1990 Noûs 24 670 I am concerned here with verbs of propositional attitudes, such as ‘seek’, in the object-complement construction. < as lemmas |
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