Translations for „Adjectives“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

adjective [ˈædʒıktıv] N

adjective

形容词 xíngróngcí

▶ adjectival [ˌædʒekˈtaıvəl] ADJ

Usage examples with Adjectives

Adjectives are used to qualify nouns.

形容词用来修饰名词。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Attributive adjectives agree in state with the noun they qualify, but predicative adjectives never take the initial vowel.

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Attributive adjectives are not marked for number but predicative ones are.

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They have a weaker but significant tendency to place demonstrative adjectives before the nouns they modify.

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He frequently speaks using a form of futuristic slang that involves a shortening of modern adjectives (for example, pendous for stupendous or morb for morbid).

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One generally sees adjectives in their neuter form when used pronominally for this reason.

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Moreover, trajectories and streamlines coincide in steady-state conditions, and the pairs of adjectives tangential/normal and streamwise/cross-stream become interchangeable.

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Below are some examples of such agreement in postpositions, demonstrative pronouns, verbs and adjectives, respectively.

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Like the sagas, the book relies on verbs and nouns to drive the narrative, with only a minimum of adjectives and descriptive passages.

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Lexical measures use individual adjectives that reflect neurotic traits, such as anxiety, envy, jealously, moodiness, and are very space and time efficient for research purposes.

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In poetry, however, and to a lesser extent in prose, most adjectives "may" occur before the noun they modify, but this is a literary device.

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