protasis

n. 条件从句, 序诗

发音

其它 /ˈpɹɒtəsɪs/

词形变化

protases 复数 protases

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The first part of a play, in which the setting and characters are introduced.

  2. 2.

    A clause that expresses a contingent element in a conditional sentence.

    语言学 数学 哲学

    In "I will be coming if this weather holds up", "if this weather holds up" is the protasis, and "I will be coming" is the apodosis.

    2005 B. P. Bairan: An Introduction to Syllogistic Logic Every conditional statement is made up of two component statements. The component statement that follows the "if" is called antecedent (or the "implicans" or — rarely — the "protasis"), and the component statement that follows the "then" is the "consequent"(or the "implicate" or — rarely — the "apodosis").

词源

From Late Latin protasis, from Ancient Greek πρότασις (prótasis), from προτείνω (proteínō, “put forward, tender, propose”), from πρό (pró) + τείνω (teínō, “stretch”).

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