述语的 meaning in English

predicate

All the critical twiddle - twaddle about style and form is mere impertinence and mostly dull jargon
所有这些有关文体和体裁的蠢话，只是风马牛不相及的胡扯，多半是枯燥无味、玩弄述语的评论。
The conclusion is that the similarities between japanese verbs and adjectives are due to the fact that both are used as adjectivals modifying nominals as well as verbals functioning as predicates , and their differences due to the fact that while verbs more often than not denote activities , events or achievements and thus belong in satage - level predicates requiring agents as subjects , adjectives usually denote properties or states and thus belong in individual - level predicates taking themes or experiencers as subjects
论文的结论是：日语动词与形容词的共通性是由于二者同属于用官（述语）而且具有叙述与修饰两种用法的缘故；而其相异性则是由于动词多表示活动、变化、瞬成而属于以主事者外元为主语的暂态述语，但形容词则多表示属性状态、感情而以客体内元或感受者外元为主语的恒性述语的缘故。