concessive clause
noun[C]
languagespecializeduk/kənˌses.ɪv ˈklɔːz/us/kənˌses.ɪv ˈklɑːz/aclause, oftenbeginningwith "though" or "although", thatexpressesanideathatsuggeststheoppositeof themainpartof thesentence:
让步从句Thesentence"Although he'squiet, he's notshy"beginswith a concessiveclause.“Although he's quiet, he's not shy.”这句话是以让步从句开头的。
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- countable
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominative
- particle
- predicatively
- premodifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntax
- uncountable
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