数和复数两种形式,但必须随所修饰的名词的数而定。
He broke a coffee cup.
他打碎了一个咖啡杯。
He said that two women teachers would come to our village next week.
他说两个女老师下周要来我们村。
(2)用作定语的代词为形容词性物主代词、of所有格和不定代词所有格。
Her proposal is worth considering.
她的建议值得考虑。
My business is none of your business.
我的事与你无关。
(3)基数词和序数词都可用作定语。
We belong to the Third World.
我们属于第三世界。
2. 位置
定语的位置有两种:前置定语和后置定语。
(1)形容词作定语时要置于其修饰的名词前,但表语形容词作后置定语;形容词修饰不定代词时也要后置。
All the people present were for the plan.
在场的所有人都同意这项计划。
There is something wrong with my watch.
我的手表出毛病了。
(2)有些时间和地点副词(如:above, here, there等)作后置定语。
Put the book on the shelf above.
把这本书放在上面的架子上。
(3)介词短语、非谓语动词和从句通常作后置定语。
That is the teaching plan for you to discuss.
那就是供你们讨论的那份教学计划。
There is nothing that worries him.
没有什么事使他烦恼。
3. 多个作定语的形容词的顺序
当多个形容词作定语时,其大概位置关系如下:
大小(形状、年龄)+颜色+来源+材料+用途+被修饰的词
a pair of black Spanish leather boots
一双黑色的西班牙皮靴
some beautiful little red flowers