页眉内容1页脚内容英语语法详解:名词修饰名词现代英语的特色之一,是力求以简单的结构,表达复杂的思维
以名词作修饰语,简称“名词定语”(attributivenouns),便是朝向这目标的手段之一
所谓名词修饰名词,就是以名词直接修饰另一名词,其作用和形容词相似
例如:Sciencestudents;theClintonAdministration;dinner-time;oilindustry;Christmasparty等
下列是名词作修饰语时的语法功能:⒈代替形容词(或形容词短语)或分词(或分词短语),如:●countrylife→rurallife●China-U
relations→Sino-Americanrelations●alaunchpad→alaunchingpad●cubesugar→sugarformedintheshapeofacube
⒉代替名词所有格,如:●goodrapportbetweenconsumerandproducercountries→goodrapportbetweenconsumers'andproducers'countries
●aproposalforaceilingonASEANcommodityimports→aproposalforaceilingonASEAN'scommodityimports
⒊代替介词短语,如:●atoolbox→aboxfortools
●atelevisionprogramme→aprogrammeontelevision
●appleseeds→theseedsofanapple
⒋代替同位语、形容词分句或不定式动词短语,如:页眉内容2页脚内容●hisbankmanagerson→hisson,(whois)abankmanager
●anASEANjo