“Conjunction” 指连词:用来连接词、短语或从句,表达并列、转折、因果、条件等关系(如 and, but, because, although 等)。常见类型包括并列连词与从属连词。
/kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən/
A conjunction joins two words or sentences.
连词用来连接两个词或两个句子。
Although it was late, she stayed because she had a conjunction of reasons—duty, loyalty, and hope.
虽然已经很晚了,她仍然留下来,因为她有一连串原因交织在一起——责任、忠诚与希望。
源自拉丁语 coniunctio,意为“连接、结合”,来自 *con-*(一起)+ iungere(连接、套上)。因此它的核心含义就是“把语言单位连在一起”。