adjunct

Ergänzung, Zusatz

Etwas, das einer Hauptsache hinzugefügt wird, um sie zu unterstützen oder nützlicher zu machen.

In einfachem Englisch: Something added to a main thing to support it or make it more useful.

• The workbook is a useful adjunct.
• Music can be an adjunct to language teaching.
• These online tools serve as adjuncts to classroom lessons.

So benutzt man es: an adjunct to something (Exercise is a useful adjunct to this treatment.)

Synonyme: addition, supplement, accessory

Häufige Wendungen: useful adjunct, valuable adjunct, adjunct to something, minor adjunct

Lehrbeauftragter

Eine Lehrkraft an einer Hochschule, deren Stelle nicht zu einer unbefristeten Hochschulstelle führt.

In einfachem Englisch: A college teacher whose job does not lead to a permanent university teaching position.

• The college hired an adjunct.
• She works as an adjunct at two universities.
• Many adjuncts teach several courses each semester.

Synonyme: adjunct professor, adjunct instructor

Häufige Wendungen: college adjunct, hire an adjunct, an adjunct position

Adjunkt, freie Angabe

Ein Wort oder eine Wortgruppe, die zusätzliche Informationen liefert, für den grundlegenden Satzbau aber nicht nötig ist.

In einfachem Englisch: A word or phrase that adds information to a sentence but is not needed for its basic grammar.

• This phrase is an adjunct.
• An adjunct can tell us when something happened.
• Remove the adjunct, and the sentence is still grammatically complete.

Synonyme: optional modifier

Häufige Wendungen: optional adjunct, adverbial adjunct, adjunct of time

begleitend, verbunden

Etwas begleitend oder eng damit verbunden.

In einfachem Englisch: Accompanying something or closely connected with it.

• Such risks were adjunct to war.
• He accepted the suffering adjunct to his duty.
• The writer described the circumstances adjunct to the king's downfall.

So benutzt man es: adjunct to something (These dangers were adjunct to his chosen task.)

Synonyme: attendant, accompanying

Häufige Wendungen: adjunct to something, adjunct circumstances