concessive是什么意思_concessive的用法_词性_词根

双语例句

This thesis is devoted to the corpus-based study on Concessive Adverbial Clauses in Maritime Engineering English (MEE).

这篇论文旨在研究和分析让步状语从句在轮机英语（MEE）中的应用及其特点。
Concessive adverbial clause is used to express certain unfavorable circumstances or opposite conditions, which however, do not prevent the action in the main clause from happening.

让步状语从句表示某种不利的情况或相反的条件，但这些因素并不能阻止主句动作的发生。

近义词

adj.

compromising

同根词

词根 concession

concession n. 让步；特许（权）；承认；退位

释义

adj.

of, characterized by, or tending to concession

让步的；认可（性）的

we must look for a more concessive approach.

　我们必须寻求一种更具妥协性的方法。

Grammar (of a preposition or conjunction) introducing a phrase or clause denoting a circumstance which might be expected to preclude the action of the main clause, but does not (e.g. in spite of, although)

【语法】（介词，连词）引导让步短语（或从句）的（如in spite of, although）。

(of a phrase or clause)introduced by a concessive preposition or conjunction

（短语，从句）让步的，由让步介词（或连词）引导的。

词源

"early 18th cent. （in sense 2）： from late Latin concessivus, from concess- ‘withdrawn, yielded' （see CONCESSION）."