adjunct

complemento, añadido

Algo que se añade a una cosa principal para apoyarla o hacerla más útil.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: an adjunct to something (Exercise is a useful adjunct to this treatment.)

Sinónimos: addition, supplement, accessory

Expresiones frecuentes: useful adjunct, valuable adjunct, adjunct to something, minor adjunct

profesor contratado

Docente universitario cuyo puesto no permite acceder a una plaza permanente por esa vía.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: adjunct professor, adjunct instructor

Expresiones frecuentes: college adjunct, hire an adjunct, an adjunct position

adjunto

Palabra o expresión que añade información a una oración, pero no es necesaria para su estructura gramatical básica.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: optional modifier

Expresiones frecuentes: optional adjunct, adverbial adjunct, adjunct of time

adjunto, asociado

Que acompaña a algo o está estrechamente relacionado con ello.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: adjunct to something (These dangers were adjunct to his chosen task.)

Sinónimos: attendant, accompanying

Expresiones frecuentes: adjunct to something, adjunct circumstances