| 释义 |
preposition/prepəˈziʃ(ə)n/n. Gram. a word governing (and usu. preceding) a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element, as in: ‘the man on the platform’, ‘came after dinner’, ‘what did you do it for ?’ 【语法】(通常在名词、代词前)介词，前置词(如 the man on the platform (讲台上那个人)中的 on; came after dinner (晚饭后来了)中的 after; what did you do it for? (你做它干什么)中的 for) □ prepositional adj.□ prepositionally adv.[Middle English from Latin praepositio, from praeponere praeposit- (as PRAE-, ponere ‘place’)] |