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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.

⒋代替同位语、形容词分句或不定式动词短语,如:

● his bank manager son→his son,(who is) a bank manager.

● an ASEAN joint conference report→a report to be jointly made by ASEAN

(members).

上述四种情况是名词修饰名词的常见现象。这情形在报章上出现得更频繁。

最后有一点要注意的是,名词作修饰语时,与同词根的形容词或分词作修饰语,有什

么语意上的差别呢?不同在于前者强调内容或职能;后者侧重属性和特征。试比较下面三

组句子,以观察其不同:

a. labour intensity(劳工密集)

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