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| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔WORD/PHRASE/SENTENCE〕In the sentence ‘Can you tell me what time it is?’ ‘Can you tell me’ is the main clause, and ‘what time it is’ is a subordinate clause. 在句子Can you tell me what time it is?中，Can you tell me是主句，what time it is是从句。朗文写作活用〔WORD/PHRASE/SENTENCE〕We will go to the theatre tonight [main clause] if we can get tickets [subordinate clause]. 如果能买到票〔从句〕，今晚我们就去看戏〔主句〕。朗文写作活用〔clause〕In the sentence "I can't cook very well but I make quite good pancakes", both "I can't cook very well" and "I make good pancakes" are main/independent clauses (= they are of equal importance and could each exist as a separate sentence).在 I can't cook very well but I make good pancakes（我菜烧得不太好，可是蛋饼煎得很不错）这句话中，I can't cook very well 和 I make good pancakes 都是主句／独立分句。剑桥高阶〔clause〕In the sentence ‘They often go to Italy because they love the food’, ‘They often go to Italy’ is the main clause and ‘because they love the food’ is a subordinate clause.在 They often go to Italy because they love the food 这个句子里，They often go to Italy 是主句，because they love the food 是从句。牛津高阶〔clause〕The completed action is in the main clause.完成的动作包含在主句中。牛津搭配〔complex〕Consisting of an independent clause and at least one other independent or dependent clause. Used of a sentence.复合句的：包含一个独立主句和至少一个独立或非独立从句的。用于句子美国传统〔compound-complex sentence〕A sentence consisting of at least two coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.复合复句：包括至少两个并列独立主句和一个或多个从句的句子美国传统〔filler〕This is the main clause of the sentence, not a filler.这是句子的主句,并非填空点缀之词。英汉大词典〔hypotaxis〕The dependent or subordinate relationship of clauses with connectives.从属结构：从句与主句的依赖和从属关系美国传统〔main〕Grammar Of, relating to, or being the principal clause or verb of a complex sentence.【语法】 主句的、与之有关的或主句本身或复合句中的动词美国传统〔semicolon〕A mark of punctuation (;) used to connect independent clauses and indicating a closer relationship between the clauses than a period does.分号：一种用来连接主句的标点（；），其显示的主句间的关系比句号连接的主句间的关系更密切美国传统 |
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