形容词的前置与后置一、前置形容词用作定语一般应前置(即置于被修饰的名词前)。如:He is an able manager. 他是位有能力的经理。He has got a bad cold. 他了患重感冒。I won’t buy cheap dresses. 我不买廉价的衣服。I can’t afford to buy a new coat. 我没钱买件新外衣。二、后置以下情况形容词作定语可以后置或必须后置:1. 表语形容词若用作定语,必须后置。如:Who is the greatest
poet alive? 谁是当今世界上最伟大的诗人?2. 修饰something, anything, everything, nothing, everyone, anybody 等复合不定代词的形容词,必须后置。如:There is
nothing wrong with it. 这没什么问题。
Anyone intelligent can do the work. 任何有头脑的人都能做这事。3. 若不是单个的形容词,而是一个形容词短语用作定语,必须后置。如:Dig a hole
large enough for the tree. 挖一个大坑,要能种下这棵树。I know an actor
suitable for the part. 我认识一个适合扮演这个角色的演员。4. 某些特殊表达。如:court martial 军事法庭Poet Laureate 桂冠诗人5. 在“数词+名词+old (long, high, deep, tall等)”结构中,形容词总是后置。如:Her husband is 55 years old. 她丈夫55岁。The well is 25 meters deep. 这口井25米深。注意:形容词heavy不用于该结构,如回答How heavy is the box? 时,不能用It’s 10 kilos heavy.(应去掉heavy)6. 成对的形容用作定语,可以后置。如:There was a huge cupboard, simple and beautiful. 有一个大食柜,简朴而美观。三、可前置或后后置少数形容词作定语时可前置也可后置,且意义差不多:1. last, next, following, preceding, past 等修饰表时间的名词通常前置,但也可后置(注意表达上的变化)。如:next Monday / on Monday next 下周星期一last month / in the month last 上个月the following month / in the month following 下个月