clefting

1. 1.

   To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."

   在句子中将显著成分与其相关的其他部分语法上分离,如“我看到但他没看到的威胁,是他的垮台”中的“威胁”

裂缝；裂口；劈开的；cleave的过去式和过去分词

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