海南单招-形容词的一些要点

海南奥赛备考指南：

1．作定语和作表语的形容词

英语中很多形容词都既可作定语，也可作表语，如kind，可以说She is a kind teacher，或She is kind。但是有些形容词只能作表语，如很多a开头的形容词（afraid, alive, alone, asleep, awake）以及glad, pleased, sorry, tired等。

有些形容词用作表语时的意思与用作定语时的意思不一样。试比较：

1）He is ill in bed.

Ill news runs apace(=quickly).

2) What’s your present address?

All the members were present at the conference.

*2．多个形容词修饰同一个名词的词序排列：

eg. a charming small round old brown French oak writing table

（描述性→大小→形状→新旧/年龄→颜色→地方→物质材料→用途）

3．形容词和名词的正确搭配

eg. price (high/low); goods (cheap/expensive); population (large/ small); rain (heavy/light)

4．形容词作状语/补语

形容词有时可以作句子的状语（也有的语法书上称之为补语）。

eg. The little girl went home, cold and hungry.

The captain promised to land the passengers safe.

5．一些由同一词根派生出来的形容词词义辨析

英语中根据构词法，经常可碰到一些由同一词根派生出的不同的形容词，在学习掌握的时候需要加以注意，不要混淆。

A) historic与historical

historic意思为“历史上有重大意义的”，historical意思为“历史的”。

eg. Waterloo is a historic battlefield, where Napoleon’s army was defeated.

Have you seen the historical film about Napoleon?

B) sensible与sensitive

sensible意思为“明智的”“合理的”“可感觉到的”，sensitive意思为“敏感的”“神经过敏的”。

eg. Surely it would be sensible to get a second opinion before taking any further action.

There is a sensible increase in temperature because of the global warmth.

This is such a sensitive issue that we should deal with it carefully.

C) imaginable, imaginary与imaginative

imaginable意思是“能够想象的”“想象得出的”，imaginary意思是“想象（出来）的”“虚构的”，imaginative是“富于想象力的”。

eg. The seven dwarfs tried every imaginable means, but couldn’t wake her up.

All the characters in the story are imaginary.

Jack was an imaginative child though he didn’t do well at school.