(in some languages用于某些语言) the form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective when it is the direct object of a verb, or connected with the direct object宾格- In the sentence, ‘I saw him today’, the word ‘him’ is in the accusative.在 I saw him today 一句中,him 一词为宾格。🔊🔊
compare ablative, dative, genitive, instrumental (2), locative, nominative, vocativeTopics Languagec2Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin (casus) accusativus, literally ‘relating to an accusation or (legal) case’, translating Greek (ptōsis) aitiatikē ‘(the case) showing cause’.