I. 前置修饰语
如出现同一层次的形容词,通常用
逗号隔开,一般词序是较长的形容词列于最后
It was a rainy, windy, freezing day. Note: 上面的结构中,如果出现程度副词,可根据说话人的意图来放置。
It was a rather rainy, windy, freezing day.
It was a windy, rainy, thoroughly freezing day.
如果出现不同层次的形容词做前置修饰语,起词序是
限定词→大小、形状、新旧→颜色→国别,来源,材料→用途,目的→名词类别→名词中心词the English church
the old English church]
the charming old English church
the town ’s charming old English church
a well-known German medical school
the man’s first two interesting little red French oil paintings
II. 后置修饰语
some-, any-, no-构成的合成词做中心词
Have you read anything interesting lately?
I’d like something cheaper.
当修饰语本身带有不定式,介词词组等补足成分是
Students pave enough to take the course deserve to succeed.
He is a man deserving of sympathy. It was a conference fruitful of results. Note: 中心词有以下形容词修饰,如different, similar, easy, difficult, impossible 是,或者为形容词比较级或最高级,
a different book from this one
a difficult problem to solve
the best summering place in the world
同样的形容词做前置修饰语和后置修饰语有时意义不同the members present / the present members
the person responsible / a responsible person Note:
a. the involved / concerned / interested
party=the party involved / concerned / interested b. the people involved / concerned / interested。