predicate
英 ['predɪkət]
美['prɛdɪkət]
- vt. 断定为…；使…基于
- vi. 断言，断定
- n. 谓语，述语
- adj. 谓语的；述语的
英英释意
- 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