多个形容词修饰名词时排序问题的三种解决方法

刘志新

答案：

A.

1. The Smith family had used horses for transportation before they first bought their car.

2. No， the children ever ridden an automobile before their parents bought the car. They had seen other automobiles when they went to town for supplies.

3. No， none of their friends ever owned an automobile.

B.

1.The Smith family had owned a car when they bought their first automobile in 1906.

Had the Smith family owned a car until they bought their first automobile in 1906？Who had never owned a car until they bought their first automobile in 1906？

The Smith family had never owned a car until they bought their first automobile in 1906， had they？

2.They had owned something so expensive before they bought the car.

Had they ever owned anything so expensive before they bought the car？

Who had never owned anything so expensive before they bought the car.

They had never owned anything so expensive before they bought the car， had they？

C. 1.had painted...moved 2.had made ... died 3. had studied ... left 4. had run away ... arrived 5.had turned off ... went 6. went ... had made 7. said ... had read 8 failed ... had made 9. （had） finished ... left 10. were having/had had ... got

我们都知道形容词可以做定语修饰名词，但当多个形容词修饰同一个名词时，这些形容词应如何排序呢？相信大多数同学都对这个问题感到头痛吧！现在，笔者就告诉大家解决这个问题的四个方法。

一、英文形容词的排序：OPSHACOM

1. OP—opinion评述性词。

如beautiful， wonderful， expensive， terrible， horrible， lovely， silly， ugly等。

2. SH—size&shape;表大小形状的词。

如 long， short， round， square等。

3. A—age表新旧的词。

如new， old等。

4. C—colour表颜色的词。

如red， black， purple， brown， yellow等。

5. O—origin表产地的词。

如Italian， Spanish， Canadian， Australian， Japanese等。

6. M—material表材料的词。

如leather， glass， rubber， metal， silk， plastic等。

按此顺序，“一件新的漂亮的意大利的黑皮夹克衫”的英语为“a beautiful new black Italian leather jacket”。

二、巧记形容词排列顺序

限定描绘大长高，形状年龄和新老；颜色国籍跟材料，作用类别往后靠。

1. “限定词”包括冠词、物主代词、指示代词、数词等，它位于各类形容词前。它本身分为三位，即：前、中、后。前位限定词有all，half，both，以及分数和倍数；中位限定词有冠词、指示代词、物主代词等；后位限定词有基数词和序数词，但序数词位于基数词前。

如：both my hands，all half his income等。

2. “描绘”性形容词如：beautiful，bad，cold，great等。

3. “大长高”表示大小、长短、高低等一些词。

4. 表示“形状”的词如：round square等。

5. “国籍”指一个国家或地区的词。

6. “材料”的词如：wooden， woolen， stone， silk等。

7. “作用类别”的词如：medical， college， writing desk， police car等。

三、熟记规则：大小形状和新老，颜色国籍出（处）材料

多个形容词修饰同一名词时的顺序是固定的，其顺序为： ①冠词、指示代词、不定代词、物主代词+②序数词+基数词+③一般性描绘形容词+④大小、长短、形状+⑤年龄、新旧+⑥颜色+⑦国籍、出处+⑧材料+⑨用途、类别+⑩最终修饰的名词或动名词。

例如：

1. a beautiful little red flower 一朵美丽的小花。

2. I have a big， round， red， wooden， Chinese table.我有一个中国制造木制红色的大的圆桌子。