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predicate

英 ['predɪkət] 美['prɛdɪkət]
  • vt. 断定为…;使…基于
  • vi. 断言,断定
  • n. 谓语,述语
  • adj. 谓语的;述语的

英英释意


1. (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula;
"`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
2. one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements