形容詞在英語句子中的特殊位置
形容詞除了在英語句子中的正常位置之外,在各種特殊情況下也有其特殊的位置。在我們?nèi)粘W(xué)習(xí)中還是經(jīng)常會碰到這些特殊情況的,主要有幾種,
(一)形容詞被其他詞語修飾時,便要跟在所修飾的名詞后面,如:
This hole←large←enough for a dog to pass through must be blocked up.
Don't throw away that filing cabinet←big←enough to keep all the old documents.
(二)兩個意思相反的形容詞并用時,也是要跟在被修飾的名詞后面,如:
We should be fair to all people, big and small, young and old.
(三)形容詞修飾“anything, something, nothing, everything”等代名詞時,也要在后頭出現(xiàn),如:There is nothing funny about it.
Something important has been found.
(四)在某些固定的詞語中,形容詞在名詞后頭出現(xiàn),如:
Military offenders will be sued in the court-martial. (軍事法庭)
The sum total (總數(shù)) of his teaching experience is two years as a relief teacher in a secondary school.
Since time immemorial (太古時代), human beings have fought for survival.
(五)在某些口語中,形容詞也跟在被修飾的名詞之后,如:
On Sunday last (上星期日);16. On Monday next (下星期一);17. Volume one (第一卷);18. Chaper two (第二章); 19. Page three (第三頁)。
(六)有時,為了加強(qiáng)句子語氣,形容詞可以放在句首,如:
Brave he may be, but he is not a good soldier.
Old though Jane is, she is healthy and energetic.
(七)當(dāng)定語是"形容詞+介詞+名詞"時,要放在名詞的后面
He gave me a box full of books. 他給了我一個盛滿書的箱子。
(八)兩個意義相反的形容詞中間用and或or連接作定語時,常放在名詞的后面。
All the people on this island, young or old, are all fond of music.
這個島上的人,不論年輕的還是年老的都喜歡音樂。
E away, long, wide, high, deep, old等詞附有數(shù)詞短語說明時,要后置。
The river is 20 meters wide. 這條河二十米寬。