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词汇 indeclinable
释义

Definition of indeclinable in English:

indeclinable

adjective ˌɪndɪˈklʌɪnəb(ə)lˌɪndəˈklaɪnəb(ə)l
Grammar
  • (of a noun, pronoun, or adjective in a highly inflected language) having no inflections.

    〔语法〕(名词,代词,形容词)不变格的;无词形变化的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, another relatively modern dictionary states that nostras is an indeclinable Latin adjective used in medicine in reference to diseases with external clinical aspects analogous to those of exotic diseases, i.e. unusual, different or strange diseases.
    • In the absence of a declension class (indeclinable nouns), neuter agreement is assigned.
    • In Latin, prepositions are indeclinable (they do not have endings); the object of a Latin preposition will be in either the ablative or the accusative case.
    • The verbal indeclinable participle may be formed from transitive and intransitive verbs.
    • The Adverbial Compounds generally take the neuter gender and are indeclinable.

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from Latin indeclinabilis, from in- 'not' + declinabilis 'able to be inflected' (see decline).

Definition of indeclinable in US English:

indeclinable

adjectiveˌɪndəˈklaɪnəb(ə)lˌindəˈklīnəb(ə)l
Grammar
  • (of a noun, pronoun, or adjective in a highly inflected language) having no inflections.

    〔语法〕(名词,代词,形容词)不变格的;无词形变化的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Adverbial Compounds generally take the neuter gender and are indeclinable.
    • However, another relatively modern dictionary states that nostras is an indeclinable Latin adjective used in medicine in reference to diseases with external clinical aspects analogous to those of exotic diseases, i.e. unusual, different or strange diseases.
    • The verbal indeclinable participle may be formed from transitive and intransitive verbs.
    • In Latin, prepositions are indeclinable (they do not have endings); the object of a Latin preposition will be in either the ablative or the accusative case.
    • In the absence of a declension class (indeclinable nouns), neuter agreement is assigned.

Origin

Late Middle English: via French from Latin indeclinabilis, from in- ‘not’ + declinabilis ‘able to be inflected’ (see decline).

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