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(attributive nouns),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:
Science students; the Clinton Administration; dinner-time; oil industry; Christmas party 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:
● country liferural life
● China-U.S. relationsSino-American relations
● a launch pada launching pad
● cube sugarsugar formed in the shape of a cube.
⒉代替名词所有格,如:
● good rapport between consumer and producer countries good rapport between consumers and producers countries.
● a proposal for a ceiling on ASEAN commodity imports a proposal for a ceiling on ASEANs commodity imports.
⒊代替介词短语,如:
● a tool boxa box for tools.
● a television programme a programme on television.
● apple seeds the seeds of an apple.
⒋代替同位语、形容词分句或不定式动词短语,如:
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