65.形容詞的位置
<例句>
There is nothing wrong with her heart.
她的心臟沒有問題。
<語法分析>
用形容詞來修飾nothing, something等這類合成代詞的時候,形容詞的位置通常要放在它們的后面。作定語的形容詞通常要放在所修飾的詞的前面,如果有幾個形容詞,其順序大體上是冠詞+品質(zhì)形容詞+顏色形容詞+類別形容詞+所修飾的詞。有個別形容詞可以放在所修飾詞的后面或前面,但意思有事有所不同。作表語的形容詞都跟在系動詞的和面,作狀語時可以放在句子前面或后面,有時也可以放在句子主語的后面。
<觸類旁通>
(1) There is a small yellow wooden table in the room.
房間里有一張黃色的小木桌。
語法分析:有幾個形容詞時的順序。
(2) She is the Poet Laureate.
她是桂冠詩人。
語法分析:個別形容詞可以放在所修飾詞的后面。
(3) Presently he grew calmer.
不久,他平靜了一些。
語法分析:形容詞作表語要放在系動詞后面。
(4) This kept me busy.
這使我很忙。
語法分析:形容詞作賓語補足語時一般緊跟賓語。
(5) Many great poets died young.
許多詩人都英年早逝。
語法分析:有些形容詞有時用在動詞后面,表示狀態(tài)。
(6) Conscientious and eager, he took down everything she said.
他很認真熱情,把她說的話都記下來了。
語法分析:形容詞作同位語時有時可以放在句首,尤其是當主語很短時。
(7) Strange to say, no one was hurt.
說也奇怪,沒有人受傷。
語法分析:作句子狀語的形容詞,多放在句子開頭。
<鞏固練習>
1. He came round greatly _____[concern].
2. This delay has made me _____[late].
3. There was something _____[miss].
4. She could not fully understand _____[involve] scholarly lectures.
5. She had the worst _____[imagine].
6. Greatly _____[interest], I asked how she played the new instrument.
<參考答案>
1. concerned 2. late 3. missing 4. involved 5. imaginable 6. interested