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non-restrictive

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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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 sentencePerry, 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-restrictiveThus, 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.
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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.


non-restric·tiveBrE /ˌnɒn rɪˈstrɪktɪv/ 🔊NAmE /ˌnɑːn rɪˈstrɪktɪv/ 🔊 (also ˌnon-deˈfining) adjective (grammar 语法) (of relative clauses 关系从句) giving extra information about a noun phrase, inside commas in writing or in a particular intonation in speech. In 'My brother, who lives in France, is coming to Rome with us', the part between the commas is a non-restrictive relative clause. 非限制性的;非限定的   compare restrictive


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