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单词 postmodify
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Definition of postmodify in English:

postmodify

verbpostmodifies, postmodifying, postmodified pəʊstˈmɒdɪfaɪˌpōs(t)ˈmädəˌfī
[with object]Grammar

  • Modify the sense of (a noun or other word) by being placed after it.

    〔语法〕置后修饰

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Examples of phrases where the adjective is postmodified are: trustworthy indeed, clever enough to help, fond of you, glad that you could make it.

Derivatives

  • postmodification

    • noun
    Grammar
    • The absence or presence of postmodification, the length of any postmodification or the category of the final word should not matter.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is possible to look through short texts to see which have more lengthy pre- or postmodification.
      • The absence or presence of postmodification, the length of any postmodification or the category of the final word should not matter.

  • postmodifier

    • noun
    Grammar
    • We won't get into pre- and postmodifiers at this moment.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The least complex postmodifier - and by far the most common - is a prepositional phrase.
      • Stacking up postmodifiers like this is usually a bad idea, especially when adjacent pairs have as strong an affinity for one another as ‘published in 1993 by Peter Steiner’.

Definition of postmodify in US English:

postmodify

verbˌpōs(t)ˈmädəˌfī
[with object]Grammar

  • Modify the sense of (a noun or other word) by being placed after it.

    〔语法〕置后修饰

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Examples of phrases where the adjective is postmodified are: trustworthy indeed, clever enough to help, fond of you, glad that you could make it.
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