preposition

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Grammarprepositionprep‧o‧si‧tion /ˌprepəˈzɪʃən/ noun [countable] SLGa word that is used before a noun, pronoun, or gerund to show place, time, direction etc. In the phrase ‘the trees in the park’, ‘in’ is a preposition. —prepositional adjectiveExamples from the Corpuspreposition• Nobody in the class knew that the word in was a preposition.• Other two-syllable words such as adverbs and prepositions seem to behave like verbs and adjectives.• Nope, you cut every extra article and preposition.• Many conjunctions functions as other parts of speech, chiefly as prepositions, such as before, till, since.• Another section is devoted entirely to grammar drills, including the use of prepositions, comparatives, negatives and verb tenses.• Function words are those which give structure to a sentence, such as articles, pronouns, prepositions, etc.• The nail is an indirect object because it is related to the verb through the preposition - on.• The class wrote and identified sentences using prepositions.Origin preposition (1300-1400) Latin praepositio, from praeponere “to put in front”

单词	preposition
释义	preposition From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Grammarprepositionprep‧o‧si‧tion /ˌprepəˈzɪʃən/ ●●● noun [countable] SLGa word that is used before a noun, pronoun, or gerund to show place, time, direction etc. In the phrase ‘the trees in the park’, ‘in’ is a preposition. —prepositional adjectiveExamples from the Corpuspreposition• Nobody in the class knew that the word in was a preposition.• Other two-syllable words such as adverbs and prepositions seem to behave like verbs and adjectives.• Nope, you cut every extra article and preposition.• Many conjunctions functions as other parts of speech, chiefly as prepositions, such as before, till, since.• Another section is devoted entirely to grammar drills, including the use of prepositions, comparatives, negatives and verb tenses.• Function words are those which give structure to a sentence, such as articles, pronouns, prepositions, etc.• The nail is an indirect object because it is related to the verb through the preposition - on.• The class wrote and identified sentences using prepositions.Origin preposition (1300-1400) Latin praepositio, from praeponere “to put in front”
随便看	theres no time like the present theres no time to lose theres not enough room to swing a cat theres nothing for it but to do theres nothing in theres nothing like theres nothing like theres nothing to theres nothing to it theres nothing to stop doing theres nothing to stop from doing theres one born every minute theres only one thing for it theres room for improvement theres the rub theres to thereto thereunder thereupon There’ll always be an England there’ll be hell to pay there’s a fair chance (that)/of something there’s a good boy/clever dog etc there’s a/no future in something there’s always something