| 单词 | vp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasVP VP n. verb phrase (in Transformational Grammar). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > phrase > specific prepositional phrase1878 noun phrase1884 case phrase1899 dangling phrase1909 VP1972 1972 R. R. K. Hartmann & F. C. Stork Dict. Lang. & Linguistics 249/1 In transformational-generative grammar, the verb phrase is that constituent of a sentence which contains the predicate (or complement or adjunct)... The abbreviation VP is used in phrase structure rules. 1976 Word 27 248 The main verb or an auxiliary verb, if there is one, is placed in the final position of a verb phrase in German deep structure while it occupies the initial position of a VP in surface structure. V.P. V.P. n. Vice-President. ΘΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > one who presides > over a body of persons or their meetings > vice vice-president1574 vi-presidentc1668 V.P.1887 veep1949 1887 Irish Times 30 Nov. 5/3 Sir Andrew Hart, V.P., T.C.D. 1925 C. S. Lewis Let. 14 Aug. (1966) 103 When the V.P. [of Magdalen College, Oxford] laid a red cushion at his feet I realized..that this was going to be a kneeling affair. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xxvii. 310 With his bosses, like the VP in charge of production at Wartberg's Tri-Culture International Studios,..he was much more frank, more human. < as lemmas |
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