predicates

英 [ˈpredɪkeɪts]

美 [ˈpredɪkeɪts]

n.  谓语(句子成分，对主语加以陈述，如John went home中的went home)
v.  使基于; 使以…为依据; 表明; 阐明; 断言
predicate的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /'predɪkət/. The verb is pronounced /'predɪkeɪt/. 名词读作 /'predɪkət/。动词读作 /'predɪkeɪt/。


• 谓语
  In some systems of grammar, thepredicateof a clause is the part of it that is not the subject. For example, in 'I decided what to do', 'decided what to do' is the predicate.
• VERB 基于；取决于；以…为基础
  If you say that one situationis predicated onanother, you mean that the first situation can be true or real only if the second one is true or real.
  1. Financial success is usually predicated on having money or being able to obtain it.
     先要有钱或者能弄到钱才能够赚钱。

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