| 单词 | subject |
| 释义 | subject n., adj., adv., & v. --n 1. a a matter, theme, etc. to be discussed, described, represented, dealt with, etc. b (foll. by for) a person, circumstance, etc., giving rise to specified feeling, action, etc. (a subject for congratulation). 2. a department or field of study (his best subject is geography). 3. Gram. a noun or its equivalent about which a sentence is predicated and with which the verb agrees. 4. a any person except a monarch living under a monarchy or any other form of government (the ruler and his subjects). b any person owing obedience to another. 5. Philos. a a thinking or feeling entity; the conscious mind; the ego, esp. as opposed to anything external to the mind. b the central substance or core of a thing as opposed to its attributes. 6. Mus. a theme of a fugue or sonata; a leading phrase or motif. 7. a person of specified mental or physical tendencies (a hysterical subject). 8. Logic the part of a proposition about which a statement is made. 9. (in full subject for dissection) a dead body. --adj 1. (often foll. by to) owing obedience to a government, colonizing power, force, etc.; in subjection. 2. (foll. by to) liable, exposed, or prone to (is subject to infection). 3. (foll. by to) conditional upon; on the assumption of (the arrangement is subject to your approval). --adv (foll. by to) conditionally upon (subject to your consent, I propose to try again). --vtr. 1. (foll. by to) make liable; expose; treat (subjected us to hours of waiting). 2. (usu. foll. by to) subdue (a nation, person, etc.) to one's sway etc. Phrases and idioms on the subject of concerning, about. subject and object Psychol. the ego or self and the non-ego; consciousness and that of which it is or may be conscious. subject catalogue a catalogue, esp. in a library, arranged according to the subjects treated. subject-heading a heading in an index collecting references to a subject. subject-matter the matter treated of in a book, lawsuit, etc. Derivatives subjection n. subjectless adj. Etymology: ME soget etc. f. OF suget etc. f. L subjectus past part. of subjicere (as SUB-, jacere throw) |
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