#英语语法疑难答疑#
1、-ing形容词表示“令人……的”,常与物连用,也可以与人连用,-ed形容词表示“感到……的”,常与人连用。
类似的形容词有:
interesting/interested, exciting/excited, amazing/amazed, tiring/tired, boring/bored, moving/moved等。
an interesting film 一场有趣的电影
an interested boy 一个感兴趣的男孩
a boring game 一场无聊的比赛
a bored passenger 一位无聊的乘客
2、farther和further
farther和further都是far的比较级,在谈论地点、方向或距离时,farther和further可以互换;表示“更多、进一步”等含义时,这时不能与farther互换。
I was so tired that I couldn walk any farther/further.
He went abroad for further study.
3、older和elder
older表示“较老的、较旧的、年纪较大的”,elder一般用于比较一家人的年龄长幼,意为“年长的”。
Your bike is older than mine.
Hes my elder brother.
4、ill和sick
两个词都表示“病的、生病的”,都可以用作表语,ill只能作表语,表示“生病的”,sick可以用作表语或者定语。
She has been ill for two weeks.
The sick woman is his aunt.
5、alone和lonely
alone既可以用作形容词,也可以用作副词,主要作表语和状语,强调客观上的孤单;lonely是形容词,强调情感和内心孤独、孤寂,用作表语和定语,作定语时,也可以修饰事物。
The old man lives in a lonely island alone for many years, but he doesn feel lonely.