在英语书写中,有很多以-ing分词和-ed分词结尾的词,他们都可以被用作名词修饰语,构成形容词。例如:
由-ing分词转化来的形容词:alarming,amusing,annoying,boring,changing,charming...
由-ed分词转化来的形容词:alarmed,amused,annoyed,bored,educated,unknown...
一般来说,由-ing分词转化来的形容词通常带有主动意义,而由-ed分词转化来的形容词则带有被动意义。如:
(1)an interesting story 有趣的故事
an interested look 一副感兴趣的样子
(2)a charming girl 迷人的女孩
a charmed girl 着了魔法的女孩
(3)a terrifying novel 令人恐怖的小说
a terrified girl 感到惊恐的女孩
除此外,其他以-ful,-ous, -some, able,ible 结尾的形容词也有主动与被动之分。
其中,以able,ible 结尾的带有被动意义的形容词,通常可以转化为被动形态,如:
visible=that can be seen
acceptable=that can be accepted
unacceptable=that cannot be accepted
preferable=that is to be preferred
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