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单词 question tag
释义
question tag
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən ˌtæɡ/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən ˌtæɡ/
ashortphrase such as "isn't it" or "don't you" that isaddedto the end of asentencetocheckinformationor toaskif someoneagreeswith you:
附加疑问成分，反意疑问句
In thesentence"It'shot, isn't it?", "isn't it" is aquestiontag.这句话中，isn't it 是反意疑问句。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: question words & expressions
  • amirite
  • devil
  • extent
  • how about...?idiom
  • how, what, why, etc. on earth...idiom
  • in God's/heaven's nameidiom
  • shall
  • trick
  • what the blazes...?idiom
  • what's that (all) about (then)?idiom
  • what's the score?idiom
  • what/where/how/why the devilidiom
  • when
  • whenever
  • where
  • wherefore
  • which
  • who
  • why don't you...?idiom
  • world
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(Definition ofquestion tagfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquestion tag

question tag
Ladd (1981) draws attention to the existence of a contrast between nuclear and postnuclear intonation on question tags.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Finally, some languages have words whose only function is as aquestiontag.
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What structural markers, question tags, and questions have in common is that they are much more subject to the discourse restrictions of academic speech.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They are similar to facilitative question tags; however, they do not give up the turn.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The communicative restrictions for structural markers, questions, and question tags in academic discourse are discussed in a brief overview below.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For the quantitative analysis, structural markers, various functions of questions, question tags, and turn-initial response tokens have been chosen as the structures to be investigated.
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The less powerful conversational partner does not use facilitative question tags, but the powerful party does; powerful women tend to use more than powerful males.
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Concerning question tags, an examination of the frequency counts can illuminate the lack of convincing gender differences.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In spoken language, question tags, relative clauses and subject- verb concord often fail to conform to prescriptive descriptions.
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She found that women seemed to be using more tag questions of the facilitative kind, while men used more modal question tags, question tags that ask for information or confirmation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, its identification as a pronoun is most consistent with its behavior in inverted sentences and question tags as described above.
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