subordinative

• 过时形容词，表示用于使服从、置于从属或较低等级、地位；现代英语中很少使用。

An obsolete adjective meaning serving to subordinate or place in a lower rank or position; rarely used in modern English.

1. Connecting clausesC2formal

   Serving to link a subordinate (dependent) clause to a main (independent) clause in a sentence.

   从属连词性的

   • The word 'because' is a subordinative conjunction.
   • Subordinative structures help show the relationship between ideas.
   • In the sentence 'I left because I was tired,' 'because' has a subordinative function.

   同义词subordinating