(完整版)英语中定语位置的10条规律

英语中定语位置的10条规律

在英语表达中，一个名词常常会有一个或多个形容词或名词做定语来说明其性质、特征、用途等。考生在解答与这种语言现象有关的题目时，常不知道怎样确定多个定语的排列顺序。本文拟从九个方面予以探讨性解答，以资备考。

一、前位限定词总在前面。

前位限定词指many，much，any，some，no，(a)little，(a)few等表示数量的形容词，

数词one，two，three

以及形容词性的物主代词my，his，her，⋯，还有all，both，every等不定代词。如：

1.m any Chinese students

2.t wo exciting days

3.m y favorite English songs

二、主观词+客观词。说话人对事物主观性评价的定语在前，客观性评价的定语在后。如：

1.o ur great powerful motherland，

2.t he beautiful large garden,

3.a comfortable bright meeting-room,

4.a ny lovely clever children

三、序数词+基数词。碰到数词定语时，一般地，序数词在前，基数词在后。如：

1.t he first three newcomers,

2.t he last few weeks

3.一How was your recent visit to Qingdao?—It was great．We visited 8

friends, and spent the days at the seaside ．

A．few last sunny B．1ast few sunny

C．1ast sunny few D．few sunny hst

答案B。

四、少音节词+多音节词。当几个形容词同时修饰一个名词时，还可以根据行文习惯，通过音节的多少来确定定语的顺序。如：

1) an old exalting story

2) my new Australian friend

3) two tall strong-looking policemen

4) a good effective method.

五、(制作)方式+材料+用途。当有几个名词做定语时，常以这种方式排列。如：

1) a handmade wood chair

2) a newly-built stone store house

六、“县官行令杀国才”。该谐音语中的“县”指前位“限定词”，“官”指冠词，“行”指表示事物形状(大小、长短、高矮等)的词，“令”指表示人或事物的年龄、新旧的词，“杀”为“色”的谐音，指表示色彩的词，“国”指国家、地区(产地)的词，“才”指(制作的)材料。如：

1.a ll the long old white stone bridges

2.a high old grey stone building

3.h er lovely children

应注意的是在运用中不一定这几个定语同时出现，但顺序却是不变的。如：

1.a ll the long bridges

2.t he old white walls

3.t he widest Chinese river

4.a newly built Japanese factory

七、由such，so等构成的特殊短语做定语时，常有下列句型：

(1)such／what／quite +a(an)+adj.+ n．

(2)so／too／how／as+ adj. +a(an)+ n.

(3)亦可有句型：a(an)+quite／rather+ adj. a(n)+ n),如：

1.I t is such a beautiful day，isn’t it?

2.H ow beautiful a country China is!

3.Y ou are as brave a boy as the little hero, aren't you?

4.I t was quite a cold day(a quite cold day)．

八、定语后置情况。

(1)不定代词的定语要后置。如：

1.I s there anything nice recently?

2.T he boy found something strange in that room．

(2)副词做定语要后置。某些表示地点、方位、时间的副词作定语时，通常要后置。常见作后置定语的副词有：back, here, there, above, below,，abroad，in，out，before，yesterday，downstairs, upstairs等等。如：

1) I bought it on my way home. Who else wants to try?

2) The people there are very polite to visitors.

3) The air here is very fresh. 这儿的空气很新鲜。

4) Listen to the tape and fill in the correct information in the space below.

5) The people there are very friendly. 那里的人们非常友好。

6) The child was lost in the crowd and couldn’t find the w ay back.那个孩子在人群中迷路了，找不到回去的路了。

7) When do you think the inventions in the pictures above were made? 你认为上面图片里的物体是什么时候发明的？

8) The man downstairs got home very late that night.楼下的那个人那天晚上回来得很晚。

9) It had been fine the day before. 前一天的天气很好。

10)Please fetch me the electric shaver from the room downstairs.请帮我把楼下房间里的电动剃须刀拿来。

11) It is for the people on the floors.

（3）短语构成的定语要后置。如：

1.I've got a letter to type out．

2.H e’s such a man—easy to get along with．

(4)以a一开头的形容词常做表语，做定语时后置。常用形容词有alone，alive，awake，asleep等。如：

1.T here stood a high tower—alone on the bank of the lake．

2.T he boy caught a strange fish—alive in the pond now.

九、由数字构成的复合形容词做定语。如：

1.S he has an eight-year-old brother．(前置定语)

2.S he has a brother of eight years old．(后置定语)