1.形容词在句子中主要用作:
l)定语:
It's a big industrial city.
这是一座巨大的工业城市。
It was a brilliant,cloudless day.
这是一个阳光灿烂天空明净无云的日子。
2)表语:
Their acting was superb.
他们的演技十分精湛。
Don't feel bad. Everything will be all right.
别难过,一切都会好的。
3)宾语补语(构成复合宾语):
Who left the door open?
谁让大门开着?
She found the people there very friendly.
她发现那里的人很友好。
4)状语:
They came over,eager to help.
他们跑了,过求,亟于帮忙。
Afraid of the hardships,they stopped half way.
由于惧怕艰苦,他们半途停了下来。
2.用作同位语(a)或独立成分(b):
a.He read all kinds of books,ancient and modern,Chinese and foreign.
他看了各种各样的书,古今中外都有。
b.Strange to say,he did pass the exam after a11.
说也奇怿,他考试竟然及格了。
3.大多数形容词,既可作定语,也可作表语,但有少数形容词通常只作表语,如aloud, afraid, alike, alert, aware, alive, a shamed, unable。有些形容词作表语时较多,也可用作定语(常有特别的意思),如:
Her fond parents were there to watch her perform.
深爱她的父母在那里看她表演。
He was a sorry sight in his dirty old clothes.
穿着他肮脏的旧衣服他那模样很糟糕。