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
- : 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.
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