a piece of与形容词连用时的位置问题
2024-07-31 13:26:11 学考宝 作者:佚名
问题描述
关于a good piece of news 与 a piece of good news的区别,网上有很多分析,但一直没理出个头绪来,有的这样说,有的那样说。而且网上讲的并不可信,所以很想听听“英语答疑网”专家老师的分析。比如:
a good piece of news 与 a piece of good news
an important piece of news 与 a piece of important news
an interesting piece of news 与a piece of interesting news
an exciting piece of news 与a piece of exciting news
a huge pair of eyes 与 a pair of huge eyes
an oily old pair of jeans 与 a pair of oily old jeans
a large piece of net 与a piece of large net
a pair of cotton tights 与a cotton pair of tights
a clean pair of pants 与 a pair of clean pants
请问,以上各类表达,是两者都可以说,还是只有一种说法,还是两者有什么区别,请专家老师分析一下,非常感谢!
老师答疑
刘老师:
以下纯属我个人观点,欢迎指正。我认为:
▲在“a + (表示容量、计量概念的)名词+ of + 名词(不可数名词或可数名词复数)”结构中,如果该形容词,在意思上是修饰最后的那个中心名词,英美人在习惯上经常放在第一个(表示容量、计量概念的)名词前,也可放在中心名词之前。例如:
a good piece of news 与 a piece of good news
an important piece of news 与 a piece of important news
an interesting piece of news 与a piece of interesting news
an exciting piece of news 与a piece of exciting news
a huge pair of eyes 与 a pair of huge eyes
an oily old pair of jeans 与 a pair of oily old jeans
a clean pair of pants 与 a pair of clean pants
▲但是,如果这个形容词是修饰“容量、计量”概念的名词,而不是修饰后面的中心名词,则必须放在第一个名词之前。
a big / small bag of corn
a big / small box of sweets
a big / small bottle of wine
a big / small cup of milk
a big / small glass of beer
a big / small basin of water
a big / small pile of bricks
a big / small basket of fruit
a big / small sheet of paper
a big / small drop of rain
a big / small bar of chocolate
a big / small block of ice
a big / small loaf of bread
a big / small grain of sand
a big / small crowd of people
a big / small group of children
a big / small team of players
a big / small sum of money
此外,在 a pair of cotton tights 与 a cotton pair of tights中,不可说:a cotton pair of tights,因为 cotton 是名词,不是形容词。它是材料,与 tights 密切相关,所以只能说 a pair of cotton tights。
根据我说的第二条规则,a large piece of net(正确),a piece of large net(错误),因为 large 不是修饰 net 的,而是修饰 piece 的。
▲两种情况再分别举例讲解:
第一种情况:a good piece of news 与 a piece of good news
good 显然是修饰中心词 news,说明 news 的性质(好坏),在此情况下,其位置既可以放在 piece 之前,也可以放在 news 之前。
第二种情况:a big / small cup of milk
big 或 small 是修饰 cup 的,说明其“大小”,不可能也无法修饰 milk。所以,只能放在 cup 之前。