ap.po.si.tion
n.（名词）Grammar 【语法】 A construction in which a noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both having the same syntactic relation to the other elements in the sentence; for example,Copley and the painter in The painter Copley was born in Boston. 同位，并列，并置：一名词或一名词词组作为解释性成分与另一个放在一起，这两个成分与句子中的其他成分有相同的关系；如科普利 与 painter（画家） 在 画家科普利出生于波士顿 句子中 The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.同位关系：这样的名词之间或名词词组之间的关系A placing side by side or next to each other.并列，并置Biology The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.【生物学】 敷着，附着：细胞壁连续层的生长
来源：Middle English apposicioun 中古英语 apposicioun from Latin appositiô appositiôn- 源自 拉丁语 appositiô appositiôn- from appositus [past participle of] appônere [to put near] * see apposite 源自 appositus [] appônere的过去分词 [放到近处] *参见 apposite
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ap.posi.tional
adj.（形容词）ap.posi.tionally
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