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 any English grammar textbooks, there are certain chapters analyzing complex sentences and its subordinate clause and main clause.
  在英语语法著作中，都有专门的章节阐述所谓的复合句、包括从属分句和领句。
• Some temporal adverbial clauses, judging from their forms, may be seriously misled to express temporal concept. And yet, they actually mark an adversative, causative, conditional, concessive, purposive or preference relation existing in the subordinate clause and the main clause in logic.
  尽管有些状语从句从形式上看是时间状语，但从逻辑判断来分析却表示转折、原因、条件、让步、目的和取舍等关系。
• 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。
• ( grammar) serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause.
  （语法）用以连接从句和主句。
• In the process of semantic extension from the starting point of the main clause event, time to the main clause event, time, the counter, expectation implicature plays a major role.
  由时间起点义向单纯时间义的语义扩张过程中，这些时间从句常带有的反预期的语用含义起着决定性的作用。
• The main ( or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb.
  复杂句中的主句至少有一个主语和一个动词。
• 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。
• Selection of Main Blower in Clause Sulfur Recovery Unit
  克劳斯硫磺回收装置主风机选用
• 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。
• 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。