predicate
英 ['pred?k?t]
美['pr?d?k?t]
- vt. 斷定為…；使…基于
- vi. 斷言，斷定
- n. 謂語，述語
- adj. 謂語的；述語的
英英釋意
- 1. (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula;
- "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
- 2. one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements