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subordinate clause
(also dependent `clause), (grammar) clause, usu introduced by a conjunction, that functions like a noun, adjective or adverb, eg when it rang in She answered the phone when it rang 从句, 从属分句(通常以连词引导, 其作用相当於名词、 形容词或副词, 如 She answered the phone when it rang 句中的 when it rang 即是). Cf 参看 co-ordinate clause (co-ordinate1).
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