2014年5月21日 星期三

王逢鑫談名詞化6: 形容詞的名詞化


 1. 名詞化的形容詞可當主詞或受詞

shy
shyness

ironcial
irony

The boy was diffident. Too strict discipline was responsible.
Too strict discipline was responsible for the boy's diffidence.

2. 形容詞轉作名詞時, 其他部份也要相應變

How wonderful she is!
What a wonder she is!

It is obligatory for you to study hard.
It is your obligation to study hard.
Your obligation is to study hard.
You have the obligation to study hard.
You are obliged to study hard.

is fond of
has a fondness for

My mother was proud when she spoke of my little success.
My mother took pride in my little success when she spoke of it.
My mother spoke of my little success with pride.

3. 計量概念的形容詞

The bridge is 100 meters long.
The bridge is 100 meters in length.
The bridge has a length of 100 meters.
The length of the bridge is 100 meters.
It is a 100-meter-long bridge.

4. 比較量詞時

This tunnel is three times as long as that one.
This tunnel is three times the length of that one.

5. 有些形容詞變成名詞後要加介詞變介詞片詞

作主詞補語
The computer is very useful to us.
The computer is of great use to us.

作修飾語

He is a VIP.
He is a very important person.
He is a person of great importance.

6. 副詞子句中的形容詞, 名詞化後, 加上特定介詞,變成介詞片語.

Being careless, he made the mistakes.
Because he was careless, he made the mistakes.   
Because of carelessness, he made the mistakes.

或以with引導:

I felt envious as I listened to his achievements.
I listened to his achievements with envy.






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