形容詞片語修飾名詞時,形容詞片語必須放在名詞後面,以名詞+形容詞片語的後位修飾方式來構句。
- 名詞+不定詞形容詞片語
- The company didn't offer us anything to eat.
這間公司沒有供應任何東西給我們吃。
- 名詞+介係詞形容詞片語
- I see a bird on the roof.
我看見屋頂上有一隻鳥。
- 名詞+分詞形容詞片語
- The girl dressed in red is my girlfriend.
=The girl who is dressed in red is my girlfriend.
那個穿紅衣服的女孩是我的女朋友。
- We waved at the woman watering her plants.
=We waved at the woman who was watering her plants.
我們向那個正在澆花的女士揮手。
- 名詞+從子句省略的形容詞片語
- This is the city I was born.
=This is the city where I was born.
這是我出生的城市。