predicative

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pre·dic·a·tive /prɪˈdɪkətɪv $ ˈpredəkeɪ-/ adjective  SLG technical a predicative adjective or phrase comes after a verb, for example ‘happy’ in the sentence ‘She is happy’ 谓语性的，作表语的 —predicatively adverb

Examples from the Corpus

predicative• It should be noted that the same is true of ordinary predicative adjectives - further evidence of their special similarity.• Parallel to the division of adjunct, we may divide sub-clauses into attributive clauses, predicative clauses and adverbial clauses.• Existence claims, after all, involve certain claims about concepts, and concepts are represented by predicative expressions.• In a sentential context, they are represented by syntactically incomplete predicative expressions.• The exclusion of associative adjectives from predicative position is an automatic result.• The structure will therefore match exactly what is achieved by the use of ordinary predicative position.

pre·dic·a·tive adjectiveChineseSyllable  

after phrase a comes adjective or predicative Corpus

predicative
pre‧dic‧a‧tive /prɪˈdɪkətɪv $ ˈpredəkeɪ-/ adjective
technical a predicative adjective or phrase comes after a verb, for example ‘happy’ in the sentence ‘She is happy’
—predicatively adverb

pre·dica·tiveBrE /prɪˈdɪkətɪv/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpredɪkeɪtɪv/ 🔊 adjective (grammar 语法) (of an adjective 形容词) coming after a verb such as be, become, get, seem, look. Many adjectives, for example old can be either predicative as in The man is very old, or attributive as in an old man. Some, like asleep, can only be predicative. 作表语的，谓语性的（例如 asleep，用于 be、become、get、seem、look 等动词后；与 attributive 相对）▸ pre·dica·tive·ly BrE /prɪˈdɪkətɪvli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpredɪkeɪtɪvli/ 🔊 adverb