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词汇 nominative
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Definition of nominative in English:

nominative

adjective ˈnɒmɪnətɪvˈnɑm(ə)nədɪv
  • 1Grammar
    Relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in Latin, Greek, and other inflected languages, used for the subject of a verb.

    〔语法〕主格的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It therefore cannot be further inflected as if it were a nominative singular noun.
    • The disadvantage is that the nominative singular and the nominative plural look the same and you can only distinguish by context.
    • Grounding is marked by a cluster of features pertaining to the verb and its subject, namely tense inflection, number agreement of the verb with its subject, and the nominative case of the subject.
    • Early medieval Latin also allowed for the possibility of a dependent substantive clause with finite verb and subject in the nominative case.
    • It's the nominative masculine plural definite article.
  • 2Of or appointed by nomination as distinct from election.

    被任命的;被提名的

noun ˈnɒmɪnətɪvˈnɑm(ə)nədɪv
Grammar
  • 1A word in the nominative case.

    〔语法〕主格词

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is true of nominatives of all nouns other than some third declension consonant stems.
    • If ‘to boldly go’ is a split infinitive, then ‘the happy cat’ is a split nominative.
    1. 1.1the nominative The nominative case.
      〔语法〕主格词
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These would include the nominative (for the subject of a sentence), the accusative (for its object) and the genitive (to indicate possession).
      • Other names on the sealing facets occur in either the nominative or the genitive.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin nominativus 'relating to naming', translation of Greek onomastikē (ptōsis) 'naming (case)'.

Definition of nominative in US English:

nominative

adjectiveˈnɑm(ə)nədɪvˈnäm(ə)nədiv
  • 1Grammar
    Relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives (as in Latin and other inflected languages) used for the subject of a verb.

    〔语法〕主格的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The disadvantage is that the nominative singular and the nominative plural look the same and you can only distinguish by context.
    • Grounding is marked by a cluster of features pertaining to the verb and its subject, namely tense inflection, number agreement of the verb with its subject, and the nominative case of the subject.
    • Early medieval Latin also allowed for the possibility of a dependent substantive clause with finite verb and subject in the nominative case.
    • It's the nominative masculine plural definite article.
    • It therefore cannot be further inflected as if it were a nominative singular noun.
  • 2Of or appointed by nomination as distinct from election.

    被任命的;被提名的

nounˈnɑm(ə)nədɪvˈnäm(ə)nədiv
Grammar
  • 1A word in the nominative case.

    〔语法〕主格词

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is true of nominatives of all nouns other than some third declension consonant stems.
    • If ‘to boldly go’ is a split infinitive, then ‘the happy cat’ is a split nominative.
    1. 1.1the nominative The nominative case.
      〔语法〕主格词
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These would include the nominative (for the subject of a sentence), the accusative (for its object) and the genitive (to indicate possession).
      • Other names on the sealing facets occur in either the nominative or the genitive.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin nominativus ‘relating to naming’, translation of Greek onomastikē (ptōsis) ‘naming (case)’.

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