讓你英文寫作、口說更道地的「複合形容詞」用法 - 空中美語

讓你英文寫作、口說更道地的「複合形容詞」用法

    

英文複合形容詞

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今天要跟大家介紹~不論走到哪都一定會遇到的『複合形容詞』。
通常使用英文在形容人事物時,常會用 who、which 或 that 等關係代名詞引導子句,會使句子顯得有點長,這時可以試著轉換成複合形容詞,縮短句子之外也能讓聽者、讀者更快明瞭!
 
那複合形容詞是如何誕生的?
它是由分詞和名詞、副詞或形容詞以連字號”-“連接而成。而連字號後的「分詞」若原意為「主動」則用現在分詞;「被動」則用過去分詞,下方公式and例句:
 

N + V-ing/ p.p.

The mayor of the city won the election this year with the results that broke the record.
⇨The mayor of the city won the election this year with record-breaking results.
這座城市的市長今年選舉以破紀錄的票數獲勝。
 
These days, we use more man-made products than natural ones.(→the products are made by man)
我們現在比較常用到人造的產品,而不是天然的。
 
The beautiful snow-covered mountain attracts a lot of tourists here every winter.(→the mountain is covered by snow)
這裡冰雪覆蓋的美麗山景每年冬天都吸引很多遊客前來。
 

adj./ adv. + V-ing/ p.p

The slow-moving traffic this morning made me arrive at school half an hour late. (→the traffic was moving slowly)
今早車速緩慢的交通使我晚了半個小時才到學校。
 
The well-known actress put on a pair of large sunglasses to avoid being recognized in public. (→ the actress is known well)
這位知名的女演員戴上一副大太陽眼鏡,為了避免在公眾場合被認出。
 
 
 
 
 

換你試試看

這條街上的店都在販售各式各樣的手工製品。
The shops on this street all sell different kinds of (a. hand-making / b. hand-made) products.
 
 
 
 
 
 
答案在這~你看不到看不到~
b.
 
 
 

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