mediopassive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mediopassive construction; a phrase that uses the mediopassive voice.
    — A systematic study of mediopassive sell in the BNC (Figure 6) confirms that – at least for this verb – the constraint seems to hold: the vast majority of mediopassives with sell contain some kind of modification, namely 92.2%.
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to a voice of a transitive verb that is both middle voice and passive voice or reflexive and passive voice. not-comparable
    — Whereas the function of the passive voice is to remove the agent from the discussion of a transitive activity, the function of the mediopassive voice is to discuss an event in a way which explicitly denies the involvement of an initiating agent.

词形变化

medio-passive alternative mediopassives plural medio-passive alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English medio-
English passive
English mediopassive
From medio- + passive.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English medio-
English passive
English mediopassive
From medio- + passive.
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