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单词 inflection
释义
inflection
noun
(UKalsoinflexion)
uk
/ɪnˈflek.ʃən/us
/ɪnˈflek.ʃən/

inflectionnoun(GRAMMAR)

[C]languagespecialized
achangein oradditionto theformof a word thatshowsachangein the way it is used insentences:
屈折成分；屈折变化
If youaddthepluralinflection "-s" to "dog" you get "dogs".在 dog 这个词后面加上复数的屈折成分 -s，就成为 dogs。
More examples
  • In thepresenttensewe say "hesits", because the thirdpersonsingularinflection of theverbis -s.
  • Byaddingthe inflection "-ed", youformthe pasttenseof theverb.
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  • appositive
  • appositively
  • attributively
  • concord
  • demonstrative
  • feminine
  • intensifier
  • nominative
  • particle
  • predicatively
  • premodifier
  • quantifier
  • regularity
  • singular
  • stative
  • syntactic
  • syntax
  • uncountable
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inflectionnoun(SPEECH)

[CorU]
the way in which thesoundofyourvoicechangesduringspeech, forexamplewhen youemphasizeparticularwords:
语调的抑扬变化
Hisvoicewaslowandflat, withalmostno inflection.他的嗓音低沉平淡，语调几乎没有什么变化。
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  • accentuation
  • bray
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  • drawl
  • elocution
  • enunciate
  • flap
  • fluent
  • jawbreaker
  • plummy
  • pragmatics
  • pronunciation
  • prosodic
  • prosody
  • signer
  • sociolect
  • toned
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
(Definition ofinflectionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

inflection| American Dictionary

inflection
noun
us
/ɪnˈflek·ʃən/

inflectionnoun(SPEECH)

[U]
changein thequalityof thevoice, oftenshowinganemotion:
Phyllisreplieswithout anyparticularinflection in hervoice, "IguessI’mlazy."

inflectionnoun(GRAMMAR)

[C]grammar
achangein a wordformorendingto show adifferencein the word’smeaningor use:
"Gets," "got," and "gotten" are inflections of theverb"get."
(Definition ofinflectionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinflection

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All these inflections added up to little more than endless and empty whimpering.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Even at 36 months, the children in both groups studied here did not produce enough phonetically complex bound inflections to permit meaningful analysis.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Genitive inflections would be expected to be difficult according to the agreement deficit account, because case assignment is involved.
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Complex strategies and direct reading predicted positively, while teaching vocabulary and building joint attention predicted negatively the mastery of inflections.
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Only the literal reading measure continued to predict mastery of inflections.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Overall, these errors are consistent with the suggestion that children are gradually working out the function of the en and ed inflections.
From theCambridge English Corpus
All modal and auxiliary-type elements are also realized as suffixes on the verb stem, as in other kinds of verbal inflections.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The alternative view on the acquisition of inflections minimizes the importance of rule learning in favor of associative learning.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Swedish represents a good example because finite inflections in this language mark tense only, without making any distinctions according to person or number.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Agreement on this measure ranged from 86.5% for indefinite articles to 98.5% for noun plural inflections.
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As is already apparent by a glance at the original notation, there is a proliferation of chromatic inflections.
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The number of third singular inflections was quite high, due to the fact that the stories were written in present tense.
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In the experiment designed for the present research, verbs with alternative inflections were avoided.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The masculine and feminine classes are relatively large, so most masculine and feminine inflections apply to more nouns than the neuter ending.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There should be no other differences between the gender classes (since regular inflections are not sensitive to frequency or phonological similarity).
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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