Apposition
01
the action of placing two or more things close together or side by side
例
The sculpture 's beauty comes from the apposition of contrasting shapes.
Apposition of colors can enhance the overall harmony of the composition.
02
(in biology) the process by which a cell wall thickens through the sequential deposition of layers of material
例
Secondary cell wall formation occurs by apposition in plant xylem.
The biologist observed apposition of cellulose layers under the microscope.
03
同格, 並置
(grammar) the use of two adjacent noun phrases having the same referent that have the same syntactical role in a sentence
例
In linguistics, apposition refers to a grammatical construction where two elements, usually noun phrases, are placed side by side, with one element serving to define or modify the other.
言語学において、同格とは、通常は名詞句である2つの要素が並べて置かれ、1つの要素がもう1つを定義または修飾する文法構造を指します。
The phrase " Alice, the team leader, addressed the meeting " uses apposition to provide more information about Alice.
「アリス、チームリーダーは会議で話した」というフレーズは、アリスについての詳細を提供するために同格を使用しています。
語彙ツリー
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