形容詞的排列順序
以下是小編整理的,希望對大家英語學習有所幫助。
形容詞的位置關係
有時候我們用一個以上形容詞來修飾名詞:
He was a nice intelligentyoung man.
She had a small round black wooden box.
有些形容詞給了一個大體的描述。我們可以用這些形容詞來描述幾乎所有名詞:
有些形容詞給了一個特殊的含義。我們只用這些形容詞來描述特定的名詞:
Food: tasty; delicious
Furniture, buildings: comfortable; uncomfortable
People, animals: clever; intelligent; friendly
我們經常在特殊概念前用一個普遍的概念:
Nice tasty soup.
A nasty uncomfortable armchair
A lovely intelligent animal
Usually we put an adjective that gives an opinion in front of an adjective that is descriptive:
通常我們放一個描述性形容詞在某個被描述的形容詞前面
a nice red dress; a silly old man; those horribleyellow curtains
We often have two adjectives in front of a noun:
我們經常將兩個形容詞放在一個名詞前面:
a handsome young man; a big black car; that horrible big dog
Sometimes we have three adjectives, but this is unusual:
有時候會用到三個形容詞,但這是不太尋常的:
a nice handsome young man;
a big black American car;
that horrible big fierce dog
It is very unusual to have more than three adjectives.
Adjectives usually come in this order:
在英語中,當名詞有多個形容詞修飾時,就有它們的先後順序。下面的口訣可幫你記住這一先後順序,也是解題的關鍵。
限定描繪大長高,形狀年齡和新老;顏色國籍跟材料,作用類別往後靠;
其中,“限定詞”包括:冠詞、物主代詞、指示代詞、或數詞,它位於各類形容詞前。它本身分為三位,即:前、中、後。前位限定詞有all、half、both、分數和倍數;中位限定詞有冠詞、指示代詞、物主代詞等;後位限定詞有基數詞和序數詞,但序數詞位於基數詞前。如:both my hands、all half his income等。“描繪”性形容詞如:beautiful、bad、cold、great等。“大長高”表示大小、長短、高低等一些詞。表示“形狀”的詞如:round square等。“國籍”指一個國家或地區的詞。“材料”的詞如:wooden, woolen, stone,silk等。“作用類別”的詞如:medical, college,writing desk,police car等。
有些形容詞只用在系動詞後面:
一些最普通的以-ed結尾的形容詞通常只用在系動詞後面:
annoyed; finished; bored; pleased; thrilled
For example:Our teacher was ill.
My uncle was very glad when he heard the news.
The policeman seemed to be very annoyed
但我們不說:
We had an ill teacher.
When he heard the news he was a very glad uncle
He seemed to be a very annoyed policeman
有些形容詞只用在名詞前面:
我們可以說:
He lives in the eastern district.
There were countless problems with the new machinery.
但是不能說成:
The district he lives in is eastern
The problems with the new machinery were countless.