核心问题
The word case has the general meaning of a particular example or instance as you can see from
the following passages. (The Structure of Technical English, p. 123)
[原译]单词 case 具有特定事例的泛指意义,由下面两段摘文中可见。(中译本)请问 of 在这里表示什么关系?
词典解答
在形式上是后置定语的of短语可以表示同位关系。例如：
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the virtue of thrift (Thrift is a virtue.) 节约的美德
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the city of Rome(The city that I mean is Rome.) 罗马城
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the news of the team's victory (The news is the team's victory.) 体育队取得胜利的消息
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Those gifts of rare books that were given to us were deeply appreciated. (全国四级, 99.6-70) 作为礼品赠送给我们的那些珍本书很受欣赏。
在你所问的句中, the general meaning 与介词短语 of a particular example or instance 并不构成从属关系, 而是构成同位关系, 即 The general meaning of the word case is a particular example or instance.
[试译]如你们在下列段落里所看到的那样, case 这个词的一般意义是“一种特定的事例或情况”。