main clause

main clause

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• n.主句
• 网络主要子句；主要条款；主从句

词形变化

复数：main clauses  

英汉解释

n.	1. a clause that can be a sentence on its own

例句

a. One way is to leave the modifier as it is and to rewrite the main clause so that its subject what the writer meant to modify.

一种方法是舍弃修饰语照现在的样子改写主句，以便明白什么才是作者修饰的主题。

That's something worth remembering. When a participial phrase is separated by commas from the main clause, it modifies the subject.

这是一项值得记住的重点。--当分词片语被分开时，这分词片语就用来形容主词。

the structural and semantic relationship between the subject in main clause and its small clause.

主句主语和分句主语的结构、语义关系对比。

The sentence consists of a main clause and a subordinate clause.

这句中有一个主句和一个从句。

An attributive clause is a complete sentence which modifies a person or something or sometimes a whole main clause.

定语从句就是一个相当于用作定语的成份，只不过它是一个完整的句子，而不是一个单词或短语。

For general or universal truths, we use simple present tense in both the If-clause and the main clause.

这种结构一般用作表达恒常事件，在这情况下，子句或主句皆用现在时态。

word. Subordinate clauses can come before, or inside the main clause.

复合句包含一个从句和至少一个主句，从句补充主句的内容，以从属连词。

A conditional clause needs a main clause to make a complete sentence.

条件从句可置于主句前或主句后，与主句共同构成完整的句子。

form the main clause by a comma, or by two commas.

在书面英语中，非限定性定语从句通常由一个或两个逗号与主句分开。

I was angry (= main clause) because he came late (= dependent clause).

我生气了（主句），因为他来晚了（从句）。

In the open conditional, we may use imperative in the main clause when we give advice or a suggestion.

在可能实现之条件句中，若我们作出提议时，可在主中使用祈使句。

the structural and semantic relationship between the predicate in main clause and its small clause;

主句谓语和分句谓语的结构、语义关系对比；

used with the present perfect, past perfect or simple present tense in the main clause

与主句中的现在完成时态﹑过去完成时态或一般现在时态连用