英语语法入门：形容词的顺序

2012-05-06 00:53:56　
Sometimes we use more than one adjective in front of a noun:
有时候我们用一个以上形容词来修饰名词：

He was a nice intelligent young man.

She had a small round black wooden box.

Opinion adjectives:

Some adjectives give a general opinion. We can use these adjectives to describe almost any noun:
有些形容词给了一个大体的描述。我们可以用这些形容词来描述几乎所有名词：

英语语法入门：形容词的顺序

Some adjectives give a specific opinion. We only use these adjectives to describe particular kinds of noun:
有些形容词给了一个特殊的含义。我们只用这些形容词来描述特定的名词：

Food: tasty; delicious

Furniture, buildings: comfortable; uncomfortable

People, animals: clever; intelligent; friendly

We usually put a general opinion in front of a specific opinion:
我们经常在特殊概念前用一个普遍的概念：

Nice tasty soup.

A nasty uncomfortable armchair

A lovely intelligent animal

Usually we put an adjective that gives an opinion in front of an adjective that is descriptive:
通常我们放一个描述性形容词在某个被描述的形容词前面

a nice red dress; a silly old man; those horrible yellow curtains

We often have two adjectives in front of a noun:
我们经常将两个形容词放在一个名词前面：

a handsome young man; a big black car; that horrible big dog

Sometimes we have three adjectives, but this is unusual:
有时候会用到三个形容词，但这是不太寻常的：

a nice handsome young man;

a big black American car;

that horrible big fierce dog

It is very unusual to have more than three adjectives.

Adjectives usually come in this order:
形容词通常以这种顺序排列：

英语语法入门：形容词的顺序

We use some adjectives only after a link verb:
有些形容词只用在系动词后面：

英语语法入门：形容词的顺序

Some of the commonest -ed adjectives are normally used only after a link verb:
一些最普通的以-ed结尾的形容词通常只用在系动词后面：

annoyed; finished; bored; pleased; thrilled

We say:
我们说：

Our teacher was ill.

My uncle was very glad when he heard the news.

The policeman seemed to be very annoyed

but we do not say:
但我们不说：

We had an ill teacher.

When he heard the news he was a very glad uncle

He seemed to be a very annoyed policeman

A few adjectives are used only in front of a noun:
有些形容词只用在名词前面：

英语语法入门：形容词的顺序

We say:

He lives in the eastern district.

There were countless problems with the new machinery.

but we do not say:

The district he lives in is eastern

The problems with the new machinery were countless.

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