Appositive＝同位語

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1.          Appositive＝同位語

2.          An appositive is a noun (or a noun phrase or noun clause) which follows a noun (or a pronoun or noun phrase or noun clause) and describes it. （簡單說，同位語就是在一個名詞之後的名詞，後一個名詞用來說明前一個名詞。不過，上文的「名詞」可以是noun也可以是noun phrase或noun clause，見英文解釋。）

3.          A simple appositive is an epithet（綽號） like Alexander the Great. （the Great 是Alexander的同位語。）

4.          Appositives are often set off by commas from their antecedents. （通常用comma將同位語和前述語分開。）

5.          說B是A的同位語→B is in apposition with A.

6.          請看以下例子：

 l   MaoTai Wine (茅台酒), a powerful Chinese drink

l   We visited the home of William Shakespeare, (the) author of Romeo and Juliet. （the可用亦可省略）
(The italicized portion is the appositive.)

l   My manager, （the）supervisor of the entire accounting function, can’t add or subtract. （我的經理身為會計部主管卻連加減數都不懂。題外話，你可以做個實驗，同位語和他的前述詞一定可以用be改寫，例如這句可以My manager is the supervisor of the entire accounting function but he can’t add or subtract.）

l   He has expressed his position on alcohol, total abstinence, to the entire staff. （他已向全體員工表明對酒的立場：完全戒飲。）

l   The systems engineer, Tony Cheung, explained everything to the customer with enough jargon to justify our billing.　（系統工稅師Tony Cheung用很多外人不明白的行內術語來向客戶解釋，藉此證明賬單的錢收得有理。）廣義而言

l   在the idea that the government would change its policy，that-clause 裡that以後的字和idea也可看作有同位關係。

l   在the city of Hong Kong，the disgrace of losing the contest和the honour of winning the contest裡，of-phrase 裡of以後的字與前述詞也可看作有同位關係：即Hong Kong is in apposition with the city. Losing the contest is in apposition with the honour