Apposition



GRE

解释

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• n. 同位语, 同格
• ［英］ n. 同位语, 同格 ( addition of one word to another word as an explanation)
• ［记］ ap+posit ( 放) +ion -> 放在一起 -> 并置 -> 同位

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. a grammatical construction in which two usually adjacent nouns having the same referent stand in the same syntactical relation to the rest of a sentence (as the poet and Burns in “a biography of the poet Burns”)
  • b. the relation of one of such a pair of nouns or noun equivalents to the other
• 2.
  • a. an act or instance of apposing; specifically the deposition of successive layers upon those already present (as in cell walls)
  • b. the state of being apposed
• • appositional adjective

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