后置定语可以前置吗?
2024-11-08 18:55:52 学考宝 作者:佚名
问题描述
There are many children in the park, lively and lovely. 请问,后置定语lively and lovely能放在children的前面吗?
老师答疑
刘老师:
There are many children in the park, lively and lovely.
请问,后置定语lively and lovely能放在children的前面吗?
【答】完全可以。可以说:There are many lively and lovely children in the park.
▲但表达的意思有稍微的差别。后置定语lively and lovely,而且之前有逗号,相当于一个非限制性定语从句:There are many children in the park, who are lively and lovely.
非限制性定语从句具有描述补充的作用。
曾老师:
同意刘老师的分析:后置定语lively and lovely,而且之前有逗号,相当于一个非限制性定语从句:There are many children in the park, who are lively and lovely.
作一点小小的补充:两种表达在意义上的确存在细微的差别。《英语特殊表现法例解》中正好有此类问题的解释,在此贴上以供参考:
34.形容词后置表示强调。
一般说来,英语的形容词用作定语时,都放在它所修饰的名词前面。但是为了加强语气,两个以上的形容词可放在所修饰的名词之后,在读时,后置形容词一般读得较慢。例如:
There are many people in the room, young and old(= young people and old people).这间房子里有许多人,年轻的和年老的。
The living body, animal or human, is a storehouse of electricity. 有机体,动物的或人的,是一个电的储蓄库。
We should be prepared to deal with the subversion and sabotage by all our enemies, domestic and foreign. 我们必须准备对付国内外一切敌人的颠覆和破坏。