Preposition
01
介词, 关系词
(grammar) a word that comes before a noun or pronoun to indicate location, direction, time, manner, or the relationship between two objects
例子
He used a list of common prepositions to help correct his grammar mistakes in the essay.
他使用了一份常见介词列表来帮助纠正文章中的语法错误。
She struggled with prepositions in English because they often do n’t translate directly from her native language.
她在英语介词上很吃力，因为它们通常不能直接从她的母语翻译过来。
02
介词, 放置
(linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
例子
The language uses consistent preposition of prefixes.
Linguists studied the preposition of certain modifiers in the dialect.
