书上都说afraid是表语形容词,只能用作表语或用于名词后作后置定语,但今天在一本书看到说:当afraid本身带有修饰语时,则它也可以用于名词前作定语。书上的例子是:a very much afraid boy 十分胆怯的男孩
不知这种说法是否有依据,请各位专家明察!
陈老师:
“当afraid本身带有修饰语时,则它也可以用于名词前作定语”的说法应该是有依据的,比如Randolph Quirk的A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language中的第7.11节有以下说明:
Most a-adjectives can occur attributively when they are modified(大多数a-形容词,在它们修饰语的时候,可以起定语作用)。
该书所给的例句是:
a somewhat afraid soldier
the fast asleep children
a really alive / lively student
the wide awake patient