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(huì)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(shí),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(gè)意思相反的形容詞并用時(shí),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(shí),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(shí)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(shí),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(shí),要放在名詞的后面

He gave me a box full of books. 他給了我一個(gè)盛滿書的箱子。


(八)兩個(gè)意義相反的形容詞中間用and或or連接作定語時(shí),常放在名詞的后面。

All the people on this island, young or old, are all fond of music.

這個(gè)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(shí),要后置。

The river is 20 meters wide. 這條河二十米寬。