英语中有许多种形式的合成形容词,仅在初中阶段需要学习使用的就达九种。现分述如下:
1.数词+单数名词。
如:20-minute 20分钟的 It's 20-minute walk.步行20分钟的路程。 second-class 二等的 That's the second-class room. 那是个二等房间。 500-word 五百字的
This is a 500-word composition. 这是一篇五百字的文章。
2.数词+单数名词+形容词。
如:8-year-old 八岁的 Mr Green has an 8-year-old child. 格林先生有个八岁的孩子。
3.数词+名词的ed形式。如:three-legged 三条腿的 Tom bought a three-legged table yesterday. 昨天汤姆买了一张三条腿的桌子。
4.形容词+名词。如:
round-trip来回的;往返的 Do you need a round-trip ticket﹖ 你想要一张往返的车票吗?
part-time 非全部工作时间的;兼职的He found a part-time job. 他找到了一份额外的工作。
5.形容词+名词的ed形式。
如:kind-hearted 好心的 Father Christmas is very kind-hearted. 圣诞老人的心肠非常好。
6.名词+过去分词。如:man-made人造的
China has sent up many man-made satellites. 中国已发射了许多人造卫星。
7.名词+名词的ed形式。如:glass-topped带有玻璃罩的
I want to own a glass-topped table. 我想要一张带有玻璃罩的桌子。
8.副词+过去分词。如:so-called所谓的
I don't like those so-called singers. 我不喜欢那些所谓的歌星。
9.副词+副词。
如:so-so马马虎虎;不好不坏的 My English is just so-so. 我的英语很一般。.
Eg:To an American,a Chinese is a ______. (foreign) 前缀 例词 派生词
un-“不” happy unhappy like unlike usual unusual friendly unfriendly
im-“不” possible impossible 后缀 例词 派生词 -er“人” teach/play/clean teacher/player/cleaner drive driver(以e结尾,-r) run runner(重读闭音节,双写-er)
win winner travel traveller -or“人” invent inventor visit visitor
-ly(副词后缀)
bad badly quick quickly careful carefully happy happily
deep deeply lucky luckily usual usually noisy noisily
slow slowly angry angrily strong strongly quiet quietly
特例: true - truly terrible - terribly possible - possibly
-ful(形容词后缀) care careful help helpful use useful forget forgetful
-y (形容词后缀)
rain rainy luck lucky cloud cloudy noise noisy(以e结尾,去e,加-y)
snow snowy sun sunny (双写,加-y) wind windy
-ion(名词后缀) invent invention operate operation
-ness(名词后缀) busy business good goodness
一些特例:
动词 形容词 动词 现在分词转化为名词
sleep asleep boat boating die dead build building
enjoy enjoyable begin beginning cross crossing
名词 形容词 meet meeting friend friendly turn turning
south southern shop shopping wool woolen
danger dangerous 动词 过去分词转为形容词 difference different fry
fried worry worried
动词 名词 break broken know knowledge lose lost
fly flight please pleased please pleasure colour coloured
名词 名词 动词 现在分词、过去分词转为形容词
farm farmer 农夫 follow following interest interested“感兴趣的” 只作表语,仅用于be interested in develop interesting “有趣的” 可作表语和定语 developed “发达的” developing “发展中的”