mid-15c., from pro- and noun; modeled on Middle French pronom, from Latin pronomen, from pro- "in place of" + nomen "name, noun" (see name (n.)). A loan-translation of Greek antonymia.
实用例句
1. The position of the pronoun " his'shows that it is to be betoned.
代词 “ his”在句中的位置表示此词应加强调.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. Here you should use plural pronoun.
这里你应该用复数代词.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The relative pronoun is often dropped if it is the subject.
关系代名词做受词时常被省略.
来自辞典例句
4. In ` This is my bike', ` this'is a demonstrative pronoun.
在Thisis my bike一句中,this是指示代词.
来自辞典例句
5. A pronoun must agree in number and gender with the noun it refers to.
