形容詞短語是指由幾個形容詞或形容詞及其修飾語構的短語,通常在句中作定語或者表語。
89. on a diet節食,吃規定的食物
用法:on a diet經常與系動詞連用;表示「在節食」,還可以用go on a diet來表達。
例句:The small creatures, which inhabit the Scandinavian mountains, sustain themselves on a dietof roots and live in nests they make underground. (2015年6月六級)
棲息在斯堪地那維亞山脈裡的小動物,以樹根為生,住在自己挖掘的地下巢穴裡。
語法點:這例句含有非限定性定語從句,The small creatures是先行詞,which是引導詞。非限定性定語從句的作用是對其修飾的成分進一步說明,要用逗號與主句隔開。
結構分析:The small creatures是主語(the和small都是前置定語), which inhabit the Scandinavian mountains是which引導的非限定性定語從句, sustain是謂語, themselves是賓語, on a diet of roots是賓語補語, and用於連接兩個句子, live是謂語, in nests是介詞詞組,作地點狀語, they make underground整個是後置定語從句,修飾nests,其中they是從句的主語,make是謂語,(nests是賓語),underground是地點狀語。
90. on sale特價出售
用法:on sale和for sale都是「出售」的意思,on sale側重指特價出售,而for sale側重指待售。
例句:It was on sale; I guessI should tell you. (雅思)
我想我應該告訴你,這是特價商品。
91. out offashion過時的
用法:out of fashion指「過時的」(但以後有可能會流行),在句中作表語。
例句:Come on, your news is out of fashion.
他試圖向我們證明這個小機器是有用的。
92. scores of許多
用法:scores of修飾可數名詞或者不可數名詞,相當於lotsof, a score of表示20個。
例句:They defeated scores of challengers and won the first prize.
他們打敗了許多挑戰者,獲得了一等獎。
93. thousands of成千上萬的
用法:thousand與of連用時,要用複數形式,當前面有具體的數詞時,thousand用原形,比如:a thousand一千,two thousand二千。
例句:It has taken thousands of years to create the natural stores of petroleum we have now. We are using whatis available at a much faster rate than it is being produced over time. (2015年6月六級)
創造我們現有的天然石油儲存庫用了幾千年的時間,而我們使用可用儲備的速度要比它隨著時間的推移而產生速度快得多。
94. up to date最新的
用法:up to date。通常不用作定語,而是用作表語。
例句:The school will keep us up to date with the latest exam information.
學校會為我們提供最新的考試信息。
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形容詞短語:a bit有點兒
例句:Could you tell me a bit about the business your company is doing? (2013年12月四級)
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