the use of a noun phrase immediately after or before another noun phrase that refers to the same person or thing 同位 - in apposition to something
In the phrase ‘Paris, the capital of France’, ‘the capital of France’ is in apposition to ‘Paris’. 在短语 Paris, the capital of France 中，the capital of France 是 Paris 的同位语。 🔊🔊
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin appositio(n-), from apponere ‘to apply’, from ad- ‘towards’ + ponere ‘put’.- in apposition to something