1.形容詞在句子中主要用作:
l)定語:
It's a big industrial city.
這是一座巨大的工業(yè)城市。
It was a brilliant,cloudless day.
這是一個陽光燦爛天空明凈無云的日子。
2)表語:
Their acting was superb.
他們的演技十分精湛。
Don't feel bad. Everything will be all right.
別難過,一切都會好的。
3)賓語補語(構(gòu)成復合賓語):
Who left the door open?
誰讓大門開著?
She found the people there very friendly.
她發(fā)現(xiàn)那里的人很友好。
4)狀語:
They came over,eager to help.
他們跑了,過求,亟于幫忙。
Afraid of the hardships,they stopped half way.
由于懼怕艱苦,他們半途停了下來。
2.用作同位語(a)或獨立成分(b):
a.He read all kinds of books,ancient and modern,Chinese and foreign.
他看了各種各樣的書,古今中外都有。
b.Strange to say,he did pass the exam after a11.
說也奇懌,他考試竟然及格了。
3.大多數(shù)形容詞,既可作定語,也可作表語,但有少數(shù)形容詞通常只作表語,如aloud, afraid, alike, alert, aware, alive, a shamed, unable。有些形容詞作表語時較多,也可用作定語(常有特別的意思),如:
Her fond parents were there to watch her perform.
深愛她的父母在那里看她表演。
He was a sorry sight in his dirty old clothes.
穿著他骯臟的舊衣服他那模樣很糟糕。