non-subject
noun [ C ] (also nonsubject) uk/ˌnɒnˈsʌb.dʒekt/ us/ˌnɑːnˈsʌb.dʒekt/
(GRAMMAR)
language specialized非主语成分
not a grammatical subject (= the person or thing that performs the action of a verb, or is joined to a description by a verb), or not relating to one
The first parts of the following sentences in this language are non-subjects. 下列句子中的第一部分在这种语言中是非主语成分。
These kinds of words rarely appear in the non-subject position. 这些类型的词很少出现在非主语成分的位置上。
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- In non-subject questions, the question is not asking for information about the subject.