单词 | subject |
释义 | Word Frequency subjectnoun (ˈsʌbdʒɪkt) 1. a. the predominant theme or topic, as of a book, discussion, etc b. (in combination) subject-heading 2. any branch of learning considered as a course of study 3. grammar, logic a word, phrase, or formal expression about which something is predicated or stated in a sentence; for example, the cat in the sentence The cat catches mice 4. a person or thing that undergoes experiment, analysis, treatment, etc 5. a person who lives under the rule of a monarch, government, etc 6. an object, figure, scene, etc, as selected by an artist or photographer for representation 7. philosophy a. that which thinks or feels as opposed to the object of thinking and feeling; the self or the mind b. a substance as opposed to its attributes 8. Also called: theme music a melodic or thematic phrase used as the principal motif of a fugue, the basis from which the musical material is derived in a sonata-form movement, or the recurrent figure in a rondo 9. logic a. the term of a categorial statement of which something is predicated b. the reference or denotation of the subject term of a statement. The subject of John is tall is not the name John, but John himself 10. an originating motive 11. change the subject adjective (ˈsʌbdʒɪkt) (usually postpositive; and foll by to) 12. being under the power or sovereignty of a ruler, government, etc subject peoples 13. showing a tendency (towards) a child subject to indiscipline 14. exposed or vulnerable subject to ribaldry 15. conditional upon the results are subject to correction adverb 16. subject to verb (səbˈdʒɛkt) (transitive) Abbreviation: subj17. (foll by to) to cause to undergo the application (of) they subjected him to torture 18. (often passive; foll by to) to expose or render vulnerable or liable (to some experience) he was subjected to great danger 19. (foll by to) to bring under the control or authority (of) to subject a soldier to discipline 20. rare to subdue or subjugate 21. rare to present for consideration; submit 22. obsolete to place below Derived forms subjectable (subˈjectable) adjective subjectability (subˌjectaˈbility) noun subjectless (ˈsubjectless) adjective subject-like (ˈsubject-ˌlike) adjective Word origin C14: from Latin subjectus brought under, from subicere to place under, from sub- + jacere to throw |
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