dependent clause

1. A dependent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought.
   从句有主语和谓语，但是却不能表达一个完整的意思。
2. A subordinate ( or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence.
   一个句子中的从句的功能类似于名词、形容词或者副词。
3. Educated writers will often write with these complex sentences with dependent clause, and dependent clause, and dependent clause all nestled together.
   有学问的作家经常使用复杂的句子，一个个从句，叠加在一起。
4. I was angry= main clause because he came late= dependent clause.
   我生气了主句，因为他来晚了从句。
5. Sentence fragments happen by treating a dependent clause or other incomplete thought as a complete sentence.
   这种句子是指将一个从句或者意思不完整的句子看做是一个完整的句子。
6. FOIA Exception to the Commercial Confidential Information manifests the balance between public and private interest, which is dependent on legislation and legal practice to confine the Commercial Confidential Information in the FOIA Exception Clause.
   信息公开立法中对商业机密等免于公开的规定体现了公益与私益平衡原则，而如何体现这一原则，还有赖于立法和实践中对免于公开规定的商业机密进行界定。

noun

1. a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb

   Synonym:    subordinate clause