吳勤干
當(dāng)兩個(gè)以上形容詞修飾一個(gè)名詞時(shí),形容詞該如何排列?這里面有沒(méi)有什么規(guī)律?如果你記住opshacom這個(gè)為幫助記憶而杜撰的詞,就能掌握英語(yǔ)中形容詞排列的順序。opshacom中op代表opinion,指表示人們觀點(diǎn)的形容詞,如beautiful,horrible,lovely,nice等;
sh代表shape,指表示形狀的形容詞,如long,short,round,narrow等;
a代表age,指表示年齡、時(shí)代的形容詞,如old,new,young等;
c代表colour,指表示顏色的形容詞,如red,black,orange等;
o代表origin,指表示國(guó)籍、地區(qū)的形容詞,如British,Canadian,German等;
m代表material,指表示材料的形容詞,如plastic,metal,aluminium等。
英語(yǔ)中這六類(lèi)形容詞連用時(shí)就按上述先后順序排列,如a nice long new black British plastic pen。當(dāng)然,語(yǔ)言實(shí)際運(yùn)用中不大可能出現(xiàn)這么多形容詞連用的情況。
請(qǐng)根據(jù)形容詞排列規(guī)則完成以下練習(xí):
1.She has a _____jacket.(leather,brown,beautiful)
2.He has a _____car.(American,long,red)
3.They live in a _____house.(old,beautiful)
4.We have a _____table.(antique,small,wooden)
5.He has a_____jumper.(woollen,lovely,red)
6.She has a_____ring.(diamond,new,fabulous)
7.It was a_____song.(French,old,lovely)
8.He owns a_____dog.(black,horrible,big)
9.She bought a_____scarf.(gorgeous,silk,pink)
10.I saw a_____film.(new,fantastic,British)
練習(xí)答案:
1.beautiful brown leather
2.long red American
3.beautiful old
4.small antique wooden
5.lovely red woollen
6.fabulous new diamond
7.lovely old French
8.horrible big black
9.gorgeous pink silk
10.fantastic new British