| 单词 | 修饰词 |
| 释义 | 〔modifier〕A word, phrase, or clause that limits or qualifies the sense of another word or word group.语法的修饰词：用来限定或修饰另一个词或词组的感觉的字、词组或从句〔dangling〕Of or being a modifier, especially a participle or participial phrase, that grammatically modifies the subject of its sentence but semantically modifies another element of the sentence or an unstated referent, asapproaching Dallas in the sentence Approaching Dallas, the skyline came into view. 垂悬：属于或是修饰词的，尤指分词或分词词组，其在语法上修饰句子的主语，但语意上是修饰句子的另一个部分或未说明的指示对象，例如在Approaching Dallas, the skyline came into view 这个句子里的 Approaching Dallas 〔leg〕(seelei- ) Latin oblīvīscī , to forget, attributed by some to this root, is more likely from lei- . （ 参见lei-) 拉丁语 oblīvīscī , 忘记, 由一些词来修饰词根, 更可能源自 lei-. 〔frontier〕Often used to modify another noun:修饰词：常用以修饰另一个名词：〔my〕Used as a modifier before a noun:我的：用于一个名词前作为修饰词：〔freshman〕Often used to modify another noun:修饰词：常用于修饰另一个名词：〔wagon〕Often used to modify another noun:修饰词：经常用于修饰另一个名词：〔illative〕Expressing or preceding an inference. Used of a word.引出推论的：表达推论的或置于推论前面的，用来修饰词语〔perfect〕Perfect has often been described as an absolute term like chief and prime, hence not allowing modification bymore, quite, relatively, and other qualifiers of degree. But the qualification ofperfect has numerous reputable precedents (most notably in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution in the phrase"in order to form a more perfect Union" ). What is more, the stricture is philosophically dubious.There can be no mathematically perfect forms in nature;therefore to say that any actual circle is "perfect"can mean only that it approximates the geometric ideal of circularity,a quality that it can obviously have to a greater or lesser degree.By the same token,perfect freely allows comparison in examples such as There could be no more perfect spot for the picnic, where it is used to mean "ideal for the purposes.”See Usage Note at complete ,equal ,parallel ,unique Perfect 常被描述成诸如 chief 和 prime 的绝对术语， 因此不能跟more、quite或relatively 等修饰词及其它程度限定词。 但是对perfect 的限定可有大量规范的前饰词 （最突出的例子是在美国宪法的引言部分"in order to form a more perfect Union" )。 但是，这种限定在哲学上来说是模糊的。自然界中不可能有数学般标准的形式；因此要说任何既定的圆是“绝对的”，都只意味着近似于理想状态的几何圆，这显然只能是或多或少具备的特性。同样地，perfect 在一些例子如 那儿应该是更适合野餐的地方 中任意地允许比较， 此处意为“达到意图的理想方式” 参见 complete,equal,parallel,unique〔his〕Used as a modifier before a noun:他的：用作名词的修饰词：〔lincomycin〕lincolnensis [specific epithet] lincolnensis [特定修饰词] 〔our〕Used as a modifier before a noun:我们的：名词前的修饰词：〔her〕Used as a modifier before a noun:她的：作为修饰词用于名词前：〔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 |
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