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形容词
常见形容词后缀:
1. -able: comfortable, suitable, enjoyable
2. -al: natural, local, traditional
3. -ant: pleasant, important, abundant
4. -ary: necessary, literary, ordinary
5. -ed: excited, warm-hearted, bored, interested
6. -ent: independent, different
7. -ful: hopeful, careful, wonderful, colorful
8. -ible: terrible, horrible, possible
9. -ing: exciting, boring, interesting
10. -ish: foolish, selfish, childish
11. -ive: creative, active
12. -ious: delicious, serious, curious
13. -ical: typical, musical, physical
14. -less: hopeless, careless, helpless
15. -ly: friendly, lovely
16. -ous: famous, fabulous
17. -some: handsome, awesome, troublesome
18. -y: dirty, angry, hungry, rainy
形容词的位置
1. 一般置于被修饰词前
Eg: I have a smart pet.
Students are so busy and they have no spare time.
2. 置于被修饰词后的情况
(1) 以a-起首的形容词一般用作表语,但这类词中有些也可作后置定语,如alone, afraid, asleep, alive等。
Eg: He must be the best basketball player alive.
He is a man afraid of nothing.
(2) 形容词修饰复合不定代词,如something, anything, everyone等,需要置于其后
Eg: I’d like something sweet to eat.
There is nothing wrong with the watch.
(3) 具有表语作用的形容词联合使用时
Eg: The boy, tired, hungry and thirsty, fell down on the street.
I have never read such a novel so inspiring and interesting.
(4) 形容词词组(短语)作定语
Eg: The bottle filled with milk is my baby sister’s.
All these are matters worth of attention.
注意:同一形容词作前置定语和后置定语时,其意义可能不同。
Eg: Please write down your present address. 请写下你现在的住址。
The people present are his good friends. 在场的人是他的好朋友。
形容词的比较等级
1. 原级比较:用于两者程度相同的比较
1 在肯定句中用“as+原级形容词+as”的结构,表示前后两者的情况一样
Eg: Tom is as tall as Peter.
2 在否定句中用“not so/as+原级形容词+as”的结构,表示前者不如后者
Eg: She is not as/so busy as her sister.
3 如果第一个so/as后的形容词作定语修饰名词,应将该名词放在第一个so/as后
Eg: We have planted as many trees as we did last year.
2. 比较级和最高级的构成
1 规则变化
构成
原级
比较级
最高级
一般在词尾加-er, -est
smart
smarter
smartest
以e结尾只加-r, -st
nice
nicer
nicest
以“辅音字母+y”结尾的词,将y变为i再加-er, -est
happy
happier
happiest
以一个辅音字母结尾的重读闭音