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concessive

/kuhn-ses-iv/US // kənˈsɛs ɪv //UK // (kənˈsɛsɪv) //

强迫性,强迫性的,隐蔽性强,强硬

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tending or serving to concede.
    • : Grammar. expressing concession, as the English conjunction though.

Examples

  • Where no principle was involved, Paul was the most concessive of men.

  • Concessive clauses sometimes omit the copula and its subject.

  • A concessive clause is usually introduced by a subordinate conjunction, though, although, or even if.

  • A concessive clause may be introduced by the conjunction as, or by a relative pronoun or a relative adverb.

  • It was the tenderest malice, but it obtained no concessive sign.