non-restrictive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌnon-reˈstrictive adjective technical SLGa non-restrictive relative clause gives additional information about a particular person or thing rather than saying which person or thing is being mentioned. For example, in the sentence ‘Perry, who is 22, was arrested yesterday’, the phrase ‘who is 22’ is a non-restrictive clause. 〔从句〕非限制性的
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non-restrictive• Thus, in the first case but not in the second, the adjective is non-restrictive.• In fact, it seems impossible to find examples of associatives which are non-restrictive, and this is not accidental.ˌnon-reˈstrictive adjectiveChineseSyllable
a gives non-restrictive additional information relative clause Corpus
non-restrictive
ˌnon-reˈstrictive
adjective technical
a non-restrictive relative clause gives additional information about a particular person or thing rather than saying which person or thing is being mentioned. For example, in the sentence ‘Perry, who is 22, was arrested yesterday’, the phrase ‘who is 22’ is a non-restrictive clause.
ˌnon-reˈstrictive
adjective technicala non-restrictive relative clause gives additional information about a particular person or thing rather than saying which person or thing is being mentioned. For example, in the sentence ‘Perry, who is 22, was arrested yesterday’, the phrase ‘who is 22’ is a non-restrictive clause.
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