1、修饰名词或代词的成分,常由形容词、名词(含所有格)、代词(物主、指示、疑问、不定)、介词短语、不定式(短语)充当,在初三阶段还学习了定语从句做定语的知识。
如:Put it in the top drawer.(把它放在最上层的抽屉里。)France and Switzerland are European countries. (法国和瑞士是欧洲国家。)His mother and father are both college teachers.(他的父母都是大学教师。) This is the day that I can never forget in my life.(这是我一辈子难忘的日子。)
2、单词做定语时一般放在被修饰的名词前面,而且有一定的次序:
冠词/物 | 年龄/形状/大小/温度 | 色彩 | 来源 | 质地/材料 | 目的/用途 | 被修饰的名词 (中心词) |
a the my his... | old,young,... | red, yellow blue... | Chinese,E nglish, American ... | wooden, woolen, glass silk paper... | meeting tennis sports reading swimming ... | box,shoes,room, pig... |
long,short, round, square.. | ||||||
big, large,small, little... | ||||||
hot, cold, warm, cool... |
3、时间副词(now,then,today,yesterday,...)、地点副词(here,there,back,in,out,home,...作定语时放在被修饰的名词后面。
如:I could not find my way out, so I stayed there all along.
(我找不到出去的路,所以就一直呆在那儿。)
4、介词短语修饰名词时只能放在名词的后面:The monkey in the cage was caught yesterday. (笼子里的猴子是昨天逮着的。)
5、形容词修饰复合不定代词时,往往后置。如:He remembered everything unusual. (他记得所有不寻常的事情。)
6、注意:由于定语属于修饰性的成分,因此它常归入主语、宾语、表语之中,不作为句子的主要成分。