查询词典 adjective

In Mencius, ZuoZhuan, HanFeiZi, noun had absolute superiority comparing with the adjective in group count and the number of every group. In LunHeng and LiuDuJiJing, the group count between noun and adjective became lower, and the number of every group, adjective was more than noun.

在《孟子》、《左传》、《韩非子》中，不论是同义词的组数还是个数，名词对形容词都有绝对的优势，但是到了《史记》，名词的这一优势发生了变化，虽然在组数上名词仍超过形容词，但是形容词对名词的个数之比已经超过了它们之间的组数之比，也就是说，从每组同义词的个数来说，形容词已超过了名词。

The term is derived from the Latin adjective, apologeticus, which, in turn has its origin in the Greek adjective, apologetikos, the substantive being apologia,"apology","defence".

一词，是源自于拉丁语形容词， apologeticus ，这反过来有其原产地在希腊语形容词， apologetikos ，实质性被纵容，"道歉"，"国防部"。

And through the comparison,we obtain the"verb-adjective continuum"as follows:movement behavior verb﹥conation/actuation class psycho-verb﹥thought/cognition class psycho-verb﹥mood/emotion class psycho-verb﹥nature adjective.

并通过比较，得出如下的"动-形连续统"：动作行为动词﹥意动/使动类心理动词﹥思维/认知类心理动词﹥情绪/情感类心理动词﹥性质形容词。

The noun ethnic in this sense or the related sense "heathen" is not recorded after 1728, although the related adjective sense is still used. But probably under the influence of other words going back to Greek ethnos, such as ethnography and ethnology, the adjective ethnic broadened in meaning in the 19th century.

即使相关含意讲的名词ethnic 在1728年之后也未被收录，尽管这时相关的形容词含义已被应用，但大概在那些可追溯到古希腊语ethnos 的词，如ethnograthy 和 ethnology 的影响下，形容词ethnic 在19世纪时对词义进行了扩充。

When you use an adjective after a link verb, you can often use the adjective on

系动词后面的一些形容词可单独使用或与介词短语搭配。

Verbal noun or adjective that is derived from a verb and retains certain characteristics of a verb, but functions as a noun or adjective.

非谓语动词：是来源于动词的名词或形容词，保留了动词的某些特征，但起着名词或形容词的作用。

The use of fun as an attributive adjective, as in a fun time, a fun place, most likely originated in a playful reanalysis of the use of the word in sentences such as It is fun to ski, where fun behaves syntactically like an adjective such as amusing or swell.

fun 作为定语形容词使用，如一段愉快的时光，一个娱乐场所，极有可能源于对此词在某些句中用法的玩笑性再分析，如滑雪真好玩从句法功能来讲， fun 在这里的用法象 amusing 或 swell 之类的形容词。

The use of fun as an attributive adjective, as in a fun time, a fun place, most likely originated in a playful reanalysis of the use of the word in sentencessuch as It is fun to ski, where fun behaves syntactically like an adjective such as amusing or swell.

fun 作为定语形容词使用，如一段愉快的时光，一个娱乐场所，极有可能源于对此词在某些句中用法的玩笑性再分析，如滑雪真好玩从句法功能来讲， fun 在这里的用法象 amusing 或 swell 之类的形容词。

You can reduce adjective clauses to adjective phrases if the relative pronoun is the subjective of a verb.

iii 当他们是动词的主词时，可将形容词子句省略至形容词片语。

Of, relating to, or being an adjective or a pronoun that stands alone when the noun it modifies is being implied but not stated. For example, in Theirs were the best, theirs is an absolute pronoun and best is an absolute adjective.

独立的：形容词或代词，它们所修饰的名词只是隐含的而非明确指出的，比如在他们的是最好的中，他们的是一个独立代词，最好的是一个独立形容词

More direct, directer ; most direct, directest

径直的，笔直的

Do you know how to use a chain saw?

你知道如何使用链锯吗？