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cleft sentence

noun
🔊/ˌkleft ˈsentəns/
🔊/ˌkleft ˈsentəns/
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  1. a sentence that begins with ‘it’ or ‘that’ and has a following clause, for example, ‘it is you that I love’, or ‘that is my mother you’re criticizing’分裂句（以 it 或 that 开始，后接从句）