main clause

英 [ˌmeɪn ˈklɔːz]

美 [ˌmeɪn ˈklɔːz]

n.  主句

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 主句
  a group of words that includes a subject and a verb and can form a sentence

柯林斯词典

• (语法中的)主句
  Amain clauseis a clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence.

英英释义

noun

• a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
  Synonym:independent clause

双语例句

• In chapter two, the author researches into the main content of an incorporation clause.
  第二章是对提单并入条款内容的研究。
• Catch main clause to pick up important information.
  捕捉句子主干提取重要信息。
• First, the thesis will identify the process type and main participant of each clause in the two war declaration speeches. Then, a qualitative approach will be adopted to reveal the distributions and functions of process types and main participants.
  文章首先确定两篇宣战演讲中每个句子的过程类型及主要参与者，然后通过定性分析来揭示主要过程及参与者的分布情况及功能，最后指出两篇演说的及物性系统的异同。
• Long term accumulation in legislation caused many problems in setting up of definition clause. the main performance of which is the non-unity between location and way of expression of definitive clause and its contents.
  现行法律文本中，定义条款设置中存在的问题多是在立法过程中长期积累形成的，主要表现为定义条款及其规定内容在法律文本中的位置和表述方式的不统一。
• ( grammar) serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause.
  （语法）用以连接从句和主句。
• And the modified noun is often used as the subject or the object in the main clause.
  从句所修饰的名词绝大多数都是在句中用做主语和宾语。
• It points out that the correct comprehension of open IF-clause depends on the understanding of the semantic relationship between the main clause and the subordinate clause, as well as the context.
  文章指出正确理解、把握、使用开放性If-条件句有赖于对主、从句间语义关系的认识以及具体语境的掌握。
• Clauses of contrast give information that surprises, or contrasts with the main clause.
  对比状语从句用来表示超出主句表达的意义或与主句形成对比的信息。
• This thesis analyses the syntactic and semantic features of English postpositive attributes, and holds that English postpositive attributes have three semantic features, i.e. modifying and describing the headword, supplementing and explaining the headword, and logically showing the circumstance of actions in the main clause.
  本文分析了英语后置定语的句法和语义特点，认为英语后置定语主要具有对中心词起到限定和描写、补充和说明以及表示主句行为发生的情状等语义特点。
• A verb, such as have, can, or will, that accompanies the main verb in a clause and helps to make distinctions in mood, voice, aspect, and tense.
  一类动词，如有，可以，或将，在句中伴随主动词，起到帮助区分语气，语态，体及时态。