英语形容词的后缀?

如题所述

英语由名词+ed构成的形容词
英语有的形容词是由动词+ed构成的,如
interested(感兴趣的),
celebrated(著名的),
learned(有学问的),
blessed(神圣的),
cursed(可诅咒的)等等.
但如果因此认为含有后缀-ed的形容词都是由动词派生而来,那就是一种误解. 因为含有后缀-ed的形容词,很多是由名词+ed构成的. 如
moneyed(有钱的),
dogged(顽固的),
wretched(可怜的),
barbed(有刺的)等等形容词是分别由名词money, dog, wretch, barb和-ed结合构成的.
名词+ed构成的形容词通常表示“有”、“具有” (have, possess)或"像"(1ike)、“有或显示……的特点”(have or show the character of…)之类的意思.
Eg. She is a moneyed woman.
她是一个有钱的女人.
这句话表示的真正意思是:
She is a woman who has much money.或She is a woman with much money.
Eg. They lived a wretched life in the past.
他们过去过着悲惨的生活.
这句话的真正意思是:
They lived a life like a wretch in the past.或They lived a life that had the character of a wretch in the past.
名词+ed的形容词很多是出现在复合词中的,常见的复合词构成形式有:
形容词+名词+ed
Eg. good-sized(大号的),white-haired(白发的),
blue-eyed(蓝眼睛的),kind-hearted(善良的)
goodtempered(脾气好的),quick-witted(机智的),
simple-minded(头脑简单的),bare-footed (赤脚的),等.
名词+名词+ed
Eg. bare-footed (赤脚的),1ion-hearted(非常勇敢的)
stone-hearted(铁石心肠的),iron-fisted(吝啬的),
wasp-waisted(细腰的),dog-eared(书折角的)
muddle-headed(头脑糊涂的),等.
数词+名词+ed
Eg. one-sided(单方面的),one-eyed(独眼的),
two-faced(两面的),two-fisted(强有力的),
two-edged(双刃的).
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