英語講義【128】名詞修飾動詞
在《名詞修飾名詞》一文里,談到名詞如何修飾另一名詞,作用和形容詞同。
這期要談名詞或名詞短語修飾動詞;這樣的角色和副詞或副詞短語一樣。
首先,名詞或其短語可代替介詞短語修飾動詞,如:
(1) Member countries began their ministerial meeting on Monday.Member countries began their ministerial meeting Monday.
(2) Those fashionable cars were made in Japan.Those fashionable cars were Japan made.
(3) Tom is heavier than his brother by five pounds.Tom is five pounds heavier than his brother.
其次,名詞或其短語可以代替副詞分句修飾動詞或形容詞,如:
(4) The metal sheets are as thin as paper.The metal sheets are paper thin.
(5) The water has turned as pink as rose.The water has turned rose pink.
名詞或名詞短語修飾動詞的語意有三:
⒈表示程度
這類修飾語大多數是表示數或量的名詞。例如:
(6) Todays temperature rose five degrees.
(7) Toms car got bogged down in the mud and could not move a step further.
(8) The first underground train came five minutes fast.
(9) The zoo is only two miles away from our working place.
⒉表示方式。例如:
(10) Dont talk to us that way.
(11) Everyone is free to do it his own way.
(12) The kidnappers tied the boy hand and foot.
(13) The boss turned the illegal worker out of the factory bag and baggage.
(14) The government should move heaven and earth to prevent such events from recurring.
⒊表示時間。例如:
(15) Wait a minute here!
(16) The emergency meeting lasted two hours.
(17) Their grand daughters come to see them once a week.
值得特別注意的是某些名詞與一些表示缺乏、具有、可能產生、具有傾向意義的形容詞或過去分詞組成一體時,也起副詞作用,表示在方面,缺乏、具有、可能產生、具有傾向的意思。例如:
(18) The office was kept dust-free.(沒有塵埃)
(19) They are knowledge-rich and resourceful.(知識豐富)
這些組合體常常是新穎的合成形容詞(compound adjectives),如:
(20) Dont go to live in trouble-prone countries.(易出現麻煩的)
(21) How can the poor survive in grain-deficient villages?(缺谷糧的)
(22) Some big cities have been pollution-ridden beyond control.(充滿污染的)
在《名詞修飾名詞》一文里,談到名詞如何修飾另一名詞,作用和形容詞同。
這期要談名詞或名詞短語修飾動詞;這樣的角色和副詞或副詞短語一樣。
首先,名詞或其短語可代替介詞短語修飾動詞,如:
(1) Member countries began their ministerial meeting on Monday.Member countries began their ministerial meeting Monday.
(2) Those fashionable cars were made in Japan.Those fashionable cars were Japan made.
(3) Tom is heavier than his brother by five pounds.Tom is five pounds heavier than his brother.
其次,名詞或其短語可以代替副詞分句修飾動詞或形容詞,如:
(4) The metal sheets are as thin as paper.The metal sheets are paper thin.
(5) The water has turned as pink as rose.The water has turned rose pink.
名詞或名詞短語修飾動詞的語意有三:
⒈表示程度
這類修飾語大多數是表示數或量的名詞。例如:
(6) Todays temperature rose five degrees.
(7) Toms car got bogged down in the mud and could not move a step further.
(8) The first underground train came five minutes fast.
(9) The zoo is only two miles away from our working place.
⒉表示方式。例如:
(10) Dont talk to us that way.
(11) Everyone is free to do it his own way.
(12) The kidnappers tied the boy hand and foot.
(13) The boss turned the illegal worker out of the factory bag and baggage.
(14) The government should move heaven and earth to prevent such events from recurring.
⒊表示時間。例如:
(15) Wait a minute here!
(16) The emergency meeting lasted two hours.
(17) Their grand daughters come to see them once a week.
值得特別注意的是某些名詞與一些表示缺乏、具有、可能產生、具有傾向意義的形容詞或過去分詞組成一體時,也起副詞作用,表示在方面,缺乏、具有、可能產生、具有傾向的意思。例如:
(18) The office was kept dust-free.(沒有塵埃)
(19) They are knowledge-rich and resourceful.(知識豐富)
這些組合體常常是新穎的合成形容詞(compound adjectives),如:
(20) Dont go to live in trouble-prone countries.(易出現麻煩的)
(21) How can the poor survive in grain-deficient villages?(缺谷糧的)
(22) Some big cities have been pollution-ridden beyond control.(充滿污染的)