英语语法丨形容词在英语句子中的特殊位置规律,了解这些很重要

2019-09-27   南京学府翻译

继续昨天的形容词位置用法~

形容词除了在英语句子中的正常位置之外,在各种特殊情况下也有其特殊的位置。

日常学习中我们还是经常会碰到这些特殊情况的。

主要有以下几种

一、形容词被其他词语修饰时,要跟在所修饰的名词后面。

如:This holelargeenough for a dog to pass through must be blocked up.

Don't throw away that filing cabinetbigenough to keep all the old documents.

二、两个意思相反的形容词并用时,要跟在被修饰的名词后面。

如:We should be fair to all people, big and small, young and old.

三、形容词修饰“anything, something, nothing, everything”等代名词时,要在后头出现。

如:There is nothing funny about it.

Something important has been found.

四、在某些固定的词语中,形容词在名词后头出现。

如:Military offenders will be sued in the court-martial. (军事法庭)

The sum total (总数) of his teaching experience is two years as a relief teacher in a secondary school.

Since time immemorial (太古时代), human beings have fought for survival.

五、在某些口语中,形容词也跟在被修饰的名词之后。

如:On Sunday last (上星期日); On Monday next (下星期一); Volume one (第一卷); Chapter two (第二章); Page three (第三页)。

六、有时为加强句子语气,形容词可以放在句首。

如:Brave he may be, but he is not a good soldier.

Old though Jane is, she is healthy and energetic.

七、当定语是“形容词+介词+名词”时,要放在名词的后面。

如:He gave me a box full of books.

他给了我一个盛满书的箱子。

八、两个意义相反的形容词中间用and或or连接作定语时,常放在名词的后面。

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

这个岛上的人,不论年轻的还是年老的都喜欢音乐。

当away, long, wide, high, deep, old等词附有数词短语说明时,要后置。

如:The river is 20 meters wide.

这条河二十米宽。

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