adjunct
- IPA[ˈadʒʌŋ(k)t]
英式
- a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part；a person who is another's assistant or subordinate
- connected or added to something；(of an academic post) attached to the staff of a university in a temporary or assistant capacity
noun: adjunct, plural noun: adjuncts
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part computer technology is an adjunct to learning
- ▪ a person who is another's assistant or subordinate a talented adjunct desperately grabbing at officer status
- 2. a word or phrase that constitutes an optional element or is considered of secondary importance in a sentence, for example on the table in we left some flowers on the table.
- ▪ (in systemic grammar) an obligatory or optional adverbial functioning as a constituent of clause structure.
形容詞
- 1. connected or added to something other adjunct therapies include immunotherapy
- ▪ (of an academic post) attached to the staff of a university in a temporary or assistant capacity an adjunct professor of entomology
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- IPA[ˈaˌjəNG(k)t]
美式
- a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part: computer technology is an adjunct to learning
- connected or added to something, typically in an auxiliary way: other alternative or adjunct therapies include immunotherapy
Oxford American Dictionary
