前置修饰 premodifier
a generation gap
apple seeds
minor nationalities discontent
a good-mannered man
Teenager Mary Black
English housewife Mrs White
a ten-year-old boy
a dearly paid for mistake
a never-to-be-forgotten day
six do-nothing months
a do-it-yourself tool
后置修饰 postmodifier
a gap between two generations
the seeds of an apple
discontent of the minor nationalities
a man of good manners
Mary Black,a teenager
Mrs White,an English housewife
a boy who is ten years old
a mistake which is dearly paid for
a day that will never be forgotten
six months in which nothing is done
a tool which enables one to do something by oneself
区 别 前置修饰靠1.重读来区分限定性和非限定性.2.限定性形容词.
后置修饰靠标点符号来区分限定性和非限定性,读音靠停顿来区分.
若两个形容词同时修饰名词,且都是限定性修饰,则都需重读,可以互换位置.
1形容词和名词做前置修饰语可表示永久意义.动词不定式做修饰语常有暂时性质.
2有些形容词前后均可.前置时表永久意义,后置时表暂时意义.
the visible star 恒星 the star visible 流星
the only passable road 唯一的通路 the only road passable 暂时能通的唯一路道
the present people 当代人 the people present 现场的人们