predicate
noun[C]
languagespecializeduk/ˈpred.ɪ.kət/us/ˈpred.ə.kət/ingrammar, thepartof asentencethatcontainstheverband givesinformationabout thesubject:
谓语In thesentence"We went to theairport", "went to theairport" is the predicate.在 We went to the airport 这句话中,went to the airport 是谓语。
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- art
- bare infinitive
- bent
- continuous
- infinitive
- non-progressive
- passive
- passivization
- pluperfect
- present
- present participle
- progressive
- subjunctive
- the active voice
- the first person
- the future perfect
- the past continuous
- the present continuous
- the third person
predicate
verb[T]
formaluk/ˈpred.ɪ.keɪt/us/ˈpred.ɪ.keɪt/to say that something istrue:
断言,断定,肯定[+ that]It would beunwiseto predicatethatthediseaseiscausedby avirusbeforefurthertestshave beencarriedout.在进一步化验前就断言这种病由病毒引起是不明智的。
be predicated onsomething
If anideaorargumentis predicated on something, itdependson theexistenceortruthof this thing:
基于,取决于Thesalesforecastis predicated on theassumptionthat theeconomywillgrowby fourpercent.销售预测是基于经济将会增长4%这一假设之上的。
Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaintsomeone/yourselfwithsomething
- affirm
- annunciation
- avowedly
- awaken
- awakensomeonetosomething
- break
- break it/the news tosomeoneidiom
- breathe/say a wordidiom
- known
- on the recordidiom
- proclamation
- pronounce
- putsomethingout ofitsmiseryidiom
- rapporteur
- record
- resensitize
- rollout
- self-anointed
- statement
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Being based on or depending on something