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clause

noun
 
🔊/klɔːz/
🔊/klɔːz/
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  1.  
     (grammar语法) a group of words that includes a subject and a verb, and forms a sentence or part of a sentence从句；子句；分句
    • in a clause There are languages that require the subject to come before the object in a clause.有些语言要求主题在子句中位于对象之前。
    • It is the object of the verb of the clause.它是从句动词的宾语。
    • Commas are used to separate clauses of sentences.逗号用于分隔句子从句。
    • the second clause in the sentence句子中的第二个子句
    see also coordinate clause, dependent clause, independent clause, final clause, main clause, subordinate clauseTopics Languageb1
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    • There is some ambiguity in this clause.本条款有些模糊之处。
    • a restrictive relative clause限定性关系从句
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • main
    • subordinate
    • conditional
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the clause
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  2.  
     an item in a legal document that says that a particular thing must or must not be done（法律文件的）条款
    • a confidentiality clause保密条款
    • a key clause of the US Constitution美国宪法的关键条款
    • There is a clause in the contract forbidding tenants to sublet.合同中有禁止承租人转租的条款。
    • in a clause the requirements set out in clauses 174 to 176第174至176条规定的要求
    see also escape clause, grandfather clause
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    • The contract contains a confidentiality clause.合同含有保密条款。
    • The penalty clause specifies that late delivery will be fined.惩罚条款规定，延期交货将受罚。
    • Under Clause 5.8, the company is responsible for the health of its employees.按 5.8 条，公司对员工的健康负责。
    • We added an opt-out clause to the agreement.我们在协议上增加了一项自愿退出条款。
    • a clause on pollution关于污染的条款
    • Clause 2.7.3 should be studied carefully.应仔细阅读第2.7.3条。
    • Many of the clauses will have to be amended.许多条款将不得不修改。
    • The agreement contained a clause stipulating that there was no admission of guilt on the part of the company.该协议包含一个条款，规定公司不承认有罪。
    • The clause allows the minister to repeal or alter legislation without obtaining approval from Parliament.该条款允许部长在未获得国会批准的情况下废除或修改法律。
    Topics Law and justiceb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • confidentiality
    • indemnity
    • penalty
    • …
    verb + clause
    • contain
    • have
    • add
    • …
    preposition
    • in a/​the clause
    • under a/​the clause
    • clause on
    • …
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    3. Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French clause, based on Latin claus- ‘shut, closed’, from the verb claudere.