irrealis

发音

/ɪɹiˈɑːlɪs/
/ɪɹiˈælɪs/
/ɪˈɹiəlɪs/

词形变化

irrealises 复数 irrealises

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An irrealis construct.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact.

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相关短语

irrealis mood irrealis moods

词源

Learned borrowing from New Latin irreālis (“intangible, immaterial”), from Latin in- (“un-: not”) + reālis (“real, material, composed of physical things”), from res (“thing”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”). Doublet of irreal.

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