adjunct

英 [ˈædʒʌŋkt]

美 [ˈædʒʌŋkt]

n.  附加语; 修饰成分; 附属物; 附件

复数：adjuncts　

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BNC.15510 / COCA.11816

牛津词典

noun

• 附加语；修饰成分
  an adverb or a phrase that adds meaning to the verb in a sentence or part of a sentence
  1. In ‘She went home yesterday’ and ‘He ran away in a panic’, ‘yesterday’ and ‘in a panic’ are adjuncts.
     在She went home yesterday和He ran away in a panic两句中，yesterday和in a panic是修饰成分。
• 附属物；附件
  a thing that is added or attached to sth larger or more important
  1. The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer.
     内存扩充卡是计算机很有用的附件。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 附属品;辅助物
  Something that is anadjunct tosomething larger or more important is connected with it or helps to perform the same task.
  1. Physical therapy is an important adjunct to drug treatments...
     物理疗法是戒毒治疗中的一种重要辅助性疗法。
  2. The Party was certainly not an official adjunct of the police department.
     该党派肯定不是公安部门的官方附属机构。
• （语法中的）修饰成分
  In grammar, anadjunctis a word or group of words which indicates the circumstances of an action, event, or situation. An adjunct is usually a prepositional phrase or an adverb group.

英英释义

noun

• a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
• something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
• a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another

adj

• of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
  Synonym:assistant
• furnishing added support
  1. an ancillary pump
  2. an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism
  3. The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
  Synonym:accessoryancillaryadjuvantappurtenantauxiliary

双语例句

• In recent years, corn starch was used more and more widely as adjunct in Chinese beer industry.
  近年来，玉米淀粉作为辅料在我国啤酒行业的应用越来越广泛。
• Embolization of varicoceles in infertile men may be considered a useful adjunct to in-vitro fertilization.
  不育男子的精索静脉曲张栓塞手术可被认为是治疗不育症的一种有效的辅助治疗。
• Adjunct professors don't have the time to commit to something long-term, he says.
  他表示，兼职教授没有时间投入长期性的规划。
• Dalian Medical University associate adjunct professor, senior medical skin beauty expert.
  大连医科大学兼职副教授，资深皮肤医学美容专家。
• Without these adjunct cereals, the limiting nutritional factor for yeast in fermentation would be protein.
  如果没有这些谷物的补充，发酵过程中酵母菌的限制营养因子或许是蛋白质。
• I hold adjunct faculty positions that give me an opportunity to interact with faculty and students.
  兼职教师的职位使我拥有和老师、同学互动的机会。
• He holds the title of adjunct professor at Zhejiang University, Beijing Jiaotong University and Southwest Jiaotong University.
  现为浙江大学，北京交通大学及西南交通大学的兼职教授。
• A word that may be modified by an adjunct.
  可以被一个修饰语修饰的词。
• He's an adjunct professor of computer science at Polytechnic University, where he teaches Java and object-oriented programming.
  他是Polytechnic大学计算机科学的副教授，他在该校讲授Java和面向对象编程。
• I felt that the judge was making me an unwilling and unnecessary adjunct to the court system.
  我觉得法官是在把我变成法律制度下的一个极不情愿又不必要的附庸。