| 释义 |
objective complement Related to objective complement: direct object, appositive, predicate nominative, predicate adjective, indirect objectobjective complement n. See object complement.ob′ject com′plement
n. a noun, noun phrase, pronoun, or adjective used in the predicate following a factitive verb and referring to or identified with its direct object, as treasurer in We appointed him treasurer or white in They painted the house white. Also called objective complement. [1905–10] |