adjunct

complément, accessoire

Une chose ajoutée à un élément principal pour le soutenir ou le rendre plus utile.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : an adjunct to something (Exercise is a useful adjunct to this treatment.)

Synonymes : addition, supplement, accessory

Expressions courantes : useful adjunct, valuable adjunct, adjunct to something, minor adjunct

enseignant vacataire

Un enseignant universitaire dont le poste ne mène pas à un emploi permanent dans l’université.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : adjunct professor, adjunct instructor

Expressions courantes : college adjunct, hire an adjunct, an adjunct position

adjoint, complément circonstanciel

Un mot ou groupe de mots qui ajoute une information sans être nécessaire à la structure grammaticale de base.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : optional modifier

Expressions courantes : optional adjunct, adverbial adjunct, adjunct of time

adjoint, associé

Qui accompagne quelque chose ou lui est étroitement lié.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : adjunct to something (These dangers were adjunct to his chosen task.)

Synonymes : attendant, accompanying

Expressions courantes : adjunct to something, adjunct circumstances