| 单词 | retroactive infinitive |
| 释义 | > as lemmasretroactive infinitive retroactive infinitive n. (Grammar) (esp. in O. Jespersen's terminology) an active infinitive that has a preceding noun as its object. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > infinitive > with preceding noun as object retroactive infinitive1946 1946 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. V. xv. 233 Retroactive infinitives are found in connexion with the adverbs yet and still:..Rome and Naples—even Florence are yet to see (= we have not yet seen; are yet to be seen would mean ‘can still be seen’). 1990 F. Stuurman Two Grammatical Models of Mod. Eng. iii. 129 Jespersen even has a notation to indicate the passival nature of retroactive infinitives. 2007 W. Harbert Germanic Langs. iv. 268 Demske-Neumann..observes that both tough-movement constructions and modal passive constructions (or ‘retroactive infinitives’)..existed in earlier GMC. < as lemmas |
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