not fulfilling the same grammatical role of any of its constituents;
"when `until last Easter' serves as an adverb it is an exocentric construction"
例句
The prototype construction meaning throws light on the ambiguity of weak extro-orientational verbs, exocentric verbs. 由于原型句式语义的影响，使弱外向动词和离心动词构成的双宾句形成歧义。
I have both introverted and exocentric characters,and I am a impartial one ,so I believe this kind of job will suit me well. 我的性格既内向又外向，而且我是个比较公正的人，所以我觉得我会适合这项工作。
However, there are many exocentric constructions in compound words.From cognitive linguistics angles, exocentric compound words have a profound semantic and cognitive base. 从认知语言学的角度分析，离心结构复合词有着深刻的语义认知基础。
The Endocentric Construction and Exocentric Construction of Uygur Language 维吾尔语的向心结构和离心结构
