In verb-copying construction, the verb-complement is the predicate while the verb-noun is deverbalized to be the topic.

动词复制结构中的动补短语为句子的谓语成分，动宾短语发生了去名词化而成为话题。

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The cornerstone is the predicate matches, which allow for a regular expression match over an attribute (or all the attributes).

这一集成的基础是谓词匹配，它允许正则表达式在一个属性(或所有属性)之上匹配。

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It is the predicate which first gives the subject, which till then was on its own account a bare mental representation or an empty name, its specific character and content.

主词必须先通过谓词的规定才具有其明确的规定性和内容，因而，孤立的主词本身只是单纯的表象或空洞的名词。

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Mr. KEN BASS (Former Justice Department official): What is the predicate?

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