(chiefly technical)the positioning of things or condition of being side by side or close together (主 技)并置,并列;紧贴,紧靠
(Grammar)a relationship between two or more words or phrases in which the two units are grammatically parallel and have the same referent (e.g. my friend Sue; the first US president, George Washington) (语法)同位关系
派生 appositional ( & ) adjective & noun 语源
late Middle English : from late Latin appositio(n-), from apponere 'to apply' (see apposite)