(Grammar)the use of a word referring back to a word used earlier in a text or conversation, to avoid repetition, for example the pronouns he, she, it, and they and the verb do in I like it and so do they (语法)(为避免重复而使用的)指代,前指,前照应。 比较 cataphora ■(in Chomskyan linguistics) co-reference within a sentence (乔姆斯基语言学用语)约束指述
(Rhetoric)the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses (修辞)首语重复法
(Christian Church)the part of the Eucharist which contains the consecration, anamnesis, and communion (基督教)奉献仪式(圣餐仪式的一部分,包括祝圣、追思和领受圣餐)
派生 anaphoric [ˌanəˈfɒrɪk] adjective 语源
late 16th cent.: senses 1 and 2via Latin from Greek, repetition', from ana- 'back' + pherein 'to bear' ; sense 3from late Greek