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单词 modifier
释义
modifier
noun[C]
languagespecialized
uk
/ˈmɒd.ɪ.faɪ.ər/us
/ˈmɑː.də.faɪ.ɚ/
a word or phrase that is used with another word or phrase tolimitoraddtoitsmeaning:
修饰语，限定语
In "safetybarrier" thenoun"safety" is being used as a modifier.在 safety barrier 中，名词 safety 被用作修饰语。
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Grammar

Determiners and modifiers
Determiners which show quantity (underlined) may occasionally have words before them (modifiers, in bold) which make them more specific or stronger:…
(Definition ofmodifierfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

modifier| American Dictionary

modifier
noun[C]
us
/ˈmɑd·əˌfɑɪ·ər/

modifiernoun[C](GRAMMAR)

grammar
a word or phrase thatlimitsoraddsto themeaningof another word or phrase:
In thesentence"The littlegirlranquickly," theadjective"little" and theadverb"quickly" are modifiers.
(Definition ofmodifierfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmodifier

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If it does, then thismodifieris considered an object and the symbol is removed from the list.
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Predictably, no modifiers can then intervene between the head and the relative clause.
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The third is structural use, where the is used with a first-mention noun that has amodifier.
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The only step performed for irrelevant modifiers is the computation of the search path, a rapid operation of graph traversing.
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Otherwise, themodifieris considered an adverbialmodifier.
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The order of these terms is consistent in always placing all ingredient terms before the only recognized plant-type modifiers.
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These determiner genitives easily vary with corresponding noun modifiers in contexts where the whole construction is definite and specific.
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That is, in this case a new context has become available in prenominal position, being realized either as a temporalmodifieror as an s-genitive.
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That is, they are all optionally complementized sentences containing some kind of gap, and are complements, not modifiers.
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Section 3 will evaluate the criteria (both semantic and syntactic) put forward for distinguishing between complements and modifiers.
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I will argue that the differences between relational and nonrelational nouns, and between complements and modifiers, are best explained in cognitive terms.
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Nevertheless, it is generally acknowledged that of can introduce both complements and modifiers.
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What is problematic is that it is now impossible to structurally distinguish between peripheral modifiers and predeterminers.
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Below we will show how the semantics of themodifieris combined with the semantics of the constituent it modifies.
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Such judgments are based on both biological reasoning and experience of where treatment effect modifiers have been detected in the past.
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