anaphora
/əˈnæfərə/noun
mass noun
1
- Grammar the use of a word referring back to a word used earlier in a text or conversation, to avoid repetition, for example the pronouns he, she, it, and they and the verb do in I like it and so do they【语法】（为避免重复而使用的）指代, 前指, 前照应。比较 CATAPHORA.
1.1
- (in Chomskyan linguistics) co-reference within a sentence（乔姆斯基语言学用语）约束指述。
2
- Rhetoric the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses【修辞】首语重复法。
3
- Christian Church the part of the Eucharist which contains the consecration, anamnesis, and communion【基督教】奉献仪式（圣餐仪式的一部分, 包括祝圣、追思和领受圣餐）。
派生词
anaphoric
/ˌænəˈfɒrɪk/ adjective词源
late 16th cent.: senses 1 and 2 via Latin from Greek， 'repetition'， from ana- 'back' + pherein 'to bear'; sense 3 from late Greek.