1、浅析名词作定语请看一道习题: Three famous actors,with whom were two____actresses came to our____shop. A.child;shoe B.child's;shoes C.chil…… 作定语用的名词一般没有与之相应的同根形容词。它既可以是有生命的,也可以是无生命的;既可以是可数的,也可以是不可数的。它能表明被修饰的名词的A.地点、B.时间、C.目的或用途、D.种类、E.原料或来源等等。例如:A.city streets城市街道,a corner shop街道拐角的商店,a
4、s 女歌手 有的作定语用的名词有与之相应的同根形容词。一般情况下,名词作定语侧重说明被修饰的名词的内容或性质;同根形容词作定语则常常描写被修饰的名词的特征。例如:"bold watch"指手表含有金的性质;而"golden watch"则表示手表是金色的特征,不一定含有金。再举两例: stone house 石头造的房子 stony heart 铁石般的心肠 peace conference 和平会议 peaceful construction 和平建设 名词作定语与名词所有格作定语有时是有区别的。一般来说,名词作定语通常说明被修饰的词的性质,而名词所有格作
5、定语则强调对被修饰的词的所有(权)关系或表示逻辑上的谓语关系。例如:在“the Party members(党员)”中,名词定语表示members的性质;在“the Party's calls(党的号召)”中,Party具有动作发出者的作用,calls虽然是名词,却具有动作的含义。再举一例: a student teacher 实习教师 a student's teacher 一位学生的老师 [练习] 1.In Britain,____are all painted red. A.letter boxes B.letters box
6、es C.letter box D.letters box 2.She is the only one among the ____ writers who ____ stories for children. A.woman;writes B.women;write C.women;writes D.woman;write 3.—What does Mr Brown do for a living? —He's one of the most successful ____
7、 in the city. A.newspaper reporter B.newspaper's reporters C.newspaper's reporter D.newspaper reporters 4.He dropped the ____ and broke it. A.cup of coffee B.coffee's cup C.cup for coffee D.coffee cu