当两个以上的形容词修饰一个名词,形容词该如何排列?为什么不能说a black new pen,而要说成a new black pen? 这里面有无规则可循?
如果你记住opshacom这个为帮助记忆而杜撰的词,就能掌握英语中形容词排列的顺序。
opshacom中的op代表opinion,指表示人们对事物观点的形容词,如beautiful,horrible,lovely,nice等;
sh代表shape,指表示事物形状的形容词,如long,short,round, narrow等;
a代表age,指表示年龄、时代、新旧的形容词,如old,new,young等;
c代表colour,指表示事物颜色的形容词,如red, black, orange等;
o代表origin,指表示国籍、地区的形容词,如British,Canadian,German等;
m代表material,指表示事物材料的形容词,如plastic,metal等。
英语中这六类形容词连用时就按上述顺序排列, 如a nice long new black British plastic pen。当然,实际语言使用中不可能出现这么多形容词连用的情况。
请根据形容词排列规则完成以下练习:
1.She has a ________ jacket. (leather,brown,beautiful)
2.He has a ________ car. (American,long,red)
3.We have a ________ table. (antique, small,wooden)
4.He has a ________ jumper. (woolen, lovely, red)
5.She has a ________ ring. (diamond,new,fabulous)
6.It was a ________ song. (French,old, lovely)
7.He owns a ________ dog. (black,horrible,big)
8.She bought a ________ scarf. (gorgeous,silk,pink)
9.I saw a ________ film. (new,fantastic, British)
答案:1.beautiful brown leather 2.long red American 3.small antique wooden 4.lovely red woolen 5.fabulous new diamond 6.lovely old French 7.horrible big black 8.gorgeous pink silk 9. fantastic new British