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predicate

美音:[(noun) ´predıkət (verb) ´predı´keıt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[(noun) ´predıkət (verb) ´predı´keıt ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.谓词 v.断言

难易程度:

predicate为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

副词:predicatively 形容词:predicational 名词:predication 动词过去式:predicated 过去分词:predicated 现在分词:predicating 第三人称单数:predicates

词根

dic=to proclaim(宣称)

相关词

subject    

predicate


/'predɪkət; `prɛdɪkət/
n (grammar) part of a statement that says sth about the subject, eg `is short' in `Life is short' 谓语(话中对主语进行陈述的部分, 如 Life is short 中的 is short). Cf 参看 subject1 4.

/'predɪkeɪt; `prɛdɪ,ket/
v (fml 文)
1 [Tn, Tf, Tnt] declare or assert that (sth) is the case 宣称或断言(某事物)
*predicate a motive to be good 断言某动机是好的
* predicate that the market collapse was caused by weakness of the dollar 声称市场价格暴跌是由于美元疲弱而引起的.
2 [Tn.pr esp passive 尤用于被动语态] ~ sth on sth base sth on sth; make sth necessary as a consequence of sth 使某事物依据于另事物; 使某必需的事物成为另事物的结果
*The project was predicated on the assumption that the economy was expanding. 这一计画是以经济发展的设想为依据的.