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单词 modifier
释义
modifier
noun[C]
languagespecialized
uk
/ˈmɒd.ɪ.faɪ.ər/us
/ˈmɑː.də.faɪ.ɚ/
a word or phrase that is used with another word or phrase tolimitoraddtoitsmeaning:
修饰语，限定语
In "safetybarrier" thenoun"safety" is being used as a modifier.在 safety barrier 中，名词 safety 被用作修饰语。
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  • demonstrative
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  • nominal
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  • predicatively
  • premodifier
  • quantifier
  • regularity
  • singular
  • stative
  • syntactic
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  • uncountable
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Grammar

Determiners and modifiers
Determiners which show quantity (underlined) may occasionally have words before them (modifiers, in bold) which make them more specific or stronger:…
(Definition ofmodifierfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

modifier| American Dictionary

modifier
noun[C]
us
/ˈmɑd·əˌfɑɪ·ər/

modifiernoun[C](GRAMMAR)

grammar
a word or phrase thatlimitsoraddsto themeaningof another word or phrase:
In thesentence"The littlegirlranquickly," theadjective"little" and theadverb"quickly" are modifiers.
(Definition ofmodifierfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmodifier

modifier
If it does, then thismodifieris considered an object and the symbol is removed from the list.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Predictably, no modifiers can then intervene between the head and the relative clause.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The third is structural use, where the is used with a first-mention noun that has amodifier.
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The only step performed for irrelevant modifiers is the computation of the search path, a rapid operation of graph traversing.
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Otherwise, themodifieris considered an adverbialmodifier.
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The order of these terms is consistent in always placing all ingredient terms before the only recognized plant-type modifiers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These determiner genitives easily vary with corresponding noun modifiers in contexts where the whole construction is definite and specific.
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That is, in this case a new context has become available in prenominal position, being realized either as a temporalmodifieror as an s-genitive.
From theCambridge English Corpus
That is, they are all optionally complementized sentences containing some kind of gap, and are complements, not modifiers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Section 3 will evaluate the criteria (both semantic and syntactic) put forward for distinguishing between complements and modifiers.
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I will argue that the differences between relational and nonrelational nouns, and between complements and modifiers, are best explained in cognitive terms.
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Nevertheless, it is generally acknowledged that of can introduce both complements and modifiers.
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What is problematic is that it is now impossible to structurally distinguish between peripheral modifiers and predeterminers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Below we will show how the semantics of themodifieris combined with the semantics of the constituent it modifies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Such judgments are based on both biological reasoning and experience of where treatment effect modifiers have been detected in the past.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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