clause
US
UK clause n: (grammar: part of a sentence)
SC 从句 cóng jù
SC 分句 cóng jù ，fēn jù
Compound sentences contain two or more independent clauses.
复合句包含两个或多个独立从句。
clause n: (article in a contract)
SC 条款 tiáo kuǎn
TC 條款
TC 條款
The contract includes a no-competition clause.
这份合同包括一项竞业禁止条款。
adverbial clause n: (part of a sentence)
SC 状语从句 zhuàng yǔ cóng jù
TC 狀語從句
TC 狀語從句
contingency clause n: (law: condition on [sth] binding)
SC 意外事故条款
SC 意外条款
escape clause n: (releases [sb] from a contract)
SC 例外条款 lì wài tiáo kuǎn
TC 例外條款
TC 例外條款
There's an escape clause which allows us to terminate the contract if necessary.
if clause, if-clause n: (grammar: conditional clause) (语法)
SC 条件句
If clauses begin with the word "if."
main clause n: (grammatically independent phrase) (语法)
SC 主句
The verb in the main clause of the sentence is in the past simple.
noun clause: (linguistics)
SC 名词性从句
SC 名词从句
penalty clause n: (part of contract specifying a forfeit)
SC 惩罚条款 chéng fá tiáo kuǎn
TC 懲罰條款
TC 懲罰條款
The contract included a penalty clause that imposed a payment of $10,000 per day if the contractor did not finish construction on time.
relative clause n: (phrase with who, which, etc.)
SC 关系从句 guān xì cóng jù
TC 關係從句
TC 關係從句
Long relative clauses should ideally be enclosed by commas.
subordinate clause n: (grammatically dependent phrase) (语法)
SC 从句 cóng jù
verb clause n: (grammar: independent clause containing subject and predicate) (语法：包含主语和谓语的独立子句)
SC 动词从句