| 单词 | 修饰名词 |
| 释义 | 〔descriptive〕Expressing an attribute of the modified noun, asgreen in green grass. Used of an adjective or adjectival clause. 描写性的：表达被修饰名词的属性，例如greengrass（绿草） 中的 green（绿色的） 。用于形容词或定语从句 〔falsetto〕Often used to modify another noun:假声的：常用于修饰名词：〔midnight〕Often used to modify another noun:子夜的，午夜的：常用来修饰名词：〔adobe〕Often used to modify another noun:土砖：常用于修饰名词：〔rather〕This use ofhad shows an unbroken line of usage running back to Middle English, and traditional criticisms of these constructions are unfounded. ·Before an unmodified noun onlyrather a is used: It was rather a disaster. When the noun is preceded by an adjective, however, bothrather a and a rather are found: It was rather a boring party. It was a rather boring party. Whena rather is used in this construction, rather can be construed as qualifying only the adjective, whereas withrather a it can be construed as qualifying either the adjective or the entire noun phrase. Thusa rather long ordeal can mean only "an ordeal that is rather long,” whereasrather a long ordeal can also mean roughly "a long process that is something of an ordeal.” Rather a is the only possible choice when the adjective itself does not permit modification: The horse was rather a long shot (not The horse was a rather long shot ). See Usage Note at better 1should Had 的这种使用方法可以一直追溯到中古英语， 但历史上并没有对此方法批评的记载。在一个没有修饰词的名词前，一般只使用rather a ： 真是一场灾难。 但当名词前有形容词时，rather a 和 a rather 就都能使用了： It was rather a boring party 。It was a rather a boring party 。 在这种搭配中，如果使用a rather ， rather 只是用来修饰这个形容词； 如果使用rather a， 那么同时修饰形容词和名词，即可认为修饰形容词也可以为修饰名词词组。 因此a rather long ordeal 的意思仅指布道很长， 而rather a long ordeal 则可概略地指一个“像布道似的漫长过程。” 如果形容词本身没有引申义，那么就只能使用rather a ： The horse was rather a long shot （而不是 The horse was a rather long shot ) 参见 better1should〔bay〕Often used as an attributive:经常用来修饰名词：〔blood〕Often used to modify another noun:用于修饰名词：〔waterfront〕Often used to modify another noun:通常用作修饰名词：〔unaware〕Unaware, followed by of (expressed or implied), is the usual adjectival form modifying a noun or pronoun or following a linking verb: Unaware 加上 of （明确的或暗示的）常作为形容词形式修饰名词、代词或跟在系动词之后： 〔HIV〕Often used to modify another noun:常用来修饰名词：〔birthday〕Often used to modify another noun:常用于修饰名词： |
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