| 单词 | main clause |
| 释义 | main clause (once / 211060 pages) n WORD FAMILY main clause: main clauses USAGE EXAMPLESMost copy editors would recast the main clause, supplying it with a subject to which the modifier can be properly fastened: The Guardian(Aug 15, 2014) The new charter retains the main clause stipulating that the principles of Islamic law are the wellspring of Egyptian jurisprudence. New York Times(Jan 15, 2014) The clause adds, parenthetically, a statement supplementing that in the main clause. James, Juliet Helena Lumbard, A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific In...(2011) n a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence Syn|Hyper independent clause clause (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence |
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