accusative

/uh-kyoo-zuh-tiv/US // əˈkyu zə tɪv //UK // (əˈkjuːzətɪv) //

指代词,指称的,指称语,指代

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

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- : Grammar. noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.similar to such a case form in function or meaning.
- : Linguistics. pertaining to a type of language in which there is an accusative case or in which subjects of transitive verbs behave the same way as subjects of intransitive verbs.Compare ergative.
- : accusatory.

n.名词 noun

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- : an accusative case.
- : a word in an accusative case.
- : a form or construction of similar function.

I expected to find you among your pillows,' said I, accusative.
Moreover, fet of the plural applies only to the nominative and accusative; the genitive has fota, the dative fotum.
The construction with on is rare, the verb in this sense regularly takes an accusative.
This seems justly observed, for we say, He came himself; Himself shall do this; where himself cannot be an accusative.
Every accusative resembles either the nominative or the dative; if the latter, it ends in -e.