| 单词 | extraposition |
| 释义 | extraposition[ ek-struh-puh-zish-uhn ] / ˌɛk strə pəˈzɪʃ ən / noun Linguistics.a rule of transformational grammar that shifts a subordinate or modifying clause to the end of a sentence, as in changing That you sign the paper is necessary to It is necessary that you sign the paper. Origin of extraposition1925–30; extra- + position; apparently coined by Otto Jespersen Words nearby extrapositionextraplanetary, extra point, extrapolate, extrapolation, extrapose, extraposition, extraprofessional, extrapyramidal, extrapyramidal dyskinesia, extrapyramidal motor system, extrapyramidal system Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for extrapositionextraposition / (ˌɛkstrəpəˈzɪʃən) / nounplacement of something outside something else transformational grammar a rule that moves embedded clauses out to the end of the main clause, converting, for example, A man who will help has just arrived into A man has just arrived who will help Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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