中考英语语法详解：名词修饰名词

中考英语语法详解：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”（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 life→rural life

 ● China-U.S. relations→Sino-American relations

 ● a launch pad→a launching pad

 ● cube sugar→sugar 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 ASEAN’s commodity imports.

 ⒊代替介词短语，如：

 ● a tool box→a box for tools.

 ● a television programme→ a programme on television.

 ● apple seeds →the seeds of an apple.