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发表于 2018-8-15 08:08:23
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) S( k$ ]0 ]% d虽然楼主点评“不知所云”出言不逊、令人不快,但是本着学术探讨的宗旨,愿意再略作解释。
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定语性形容词和表语性形容词,英文分别是attributive adjective和predicative adjective。表示身体状态的词,如crouch、squat、stoop、sprawl等,在英式英文中一般仅用现在分词形式做形容词。
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在美式英文中,可见用过去分词作形容词的用法,且多为表语性用法。
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There were three of the birds squatted obscenely. (Hemingway)
8 J, i" K- ]6 P/ xThe man ... was tall, slightly stooped and in his forties. (Coronet)8 ^: X/ [6 P# e9 S8 M
He sat sprawled against the bar. (Saxton)
0 X5 X' v4 ~1 }4 D bA crouched tiger is ready to spring on any prey that is weak and wounded. (The Philadelphia Inquirer)8 G/ b3 ^4 _4 L
) k1 C: j, j' S( [4 D0 [- P& c(参见Alexandr D. Svejcer, Standard English in the United States and England第三章第3节)
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; W: b2 c& g8 ~) F5 \. o8 ?. c4 Z可以认定,crouching tiger比crouched tiger更通行。 |
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