形容词--名词化的形容词

　　名词化的形容词

　　1. 有些形容词可以和定冠词连用，表示一类人，这可称为名词化的形容词：

　　These seats are for the disabled. 这些座位是给残疾人坐的。

　　In these countries, the poor get poorer, the rich get richer. 在这些国家，穷人越来越穷，富人越来越富。

　　They are going to build a school for the blind. 他们准备盖一所盲人学校。

　　She was always good with the unfortunate. 她对不幸的人总是很好的。

　　2. 定冠词还可以与-ch, -sh, -ese等结尾表示国家的形容词连用，表示这些国家的人：

　　The French like to eat well. 法国人饮食很讲究。

　　The Chinese were a highly civilized people long before the Europeans were. 早在欧洲人之前，中国人已是一个有高度文化的民族。

　　the Dutch 荷兰人

　　the Spanish

　　the Welsh 威尔士人

　　the Burmese 缅甸人

　　the Japanese 日本人

　　the Swiss 瑞士人

　　3. 有些形容词还可以和the连用，表示抽象的事物：

　　Don’t expect them to do the impossible. 不要指望他们做不可能的事。

　　She admired the mystical. 她喜欢那些神奇古怪的东西。

　　This was nothing out of the ordinary. 这没有什么特别之处。

　　Their aim was to discover the good, the beautiful and the true. 他们的目的是寻求真、善、美。

　　4. 在某些习惯用语中也包含名词化的形容词：

　　Are you leaving the place for good? 你离开这里不再回来了吗？

　　I will give you an answer on Friday at the latest. 我最迟星期五给你一个回答。

　　She took leave of us in the liveliest spirits. 她兴致很好地和我们告别了。

　　Exercises:

　　I. 在下面句子中名词化的形容词下划线：

　　1. He always sides with the oppressed and the exploited.

　　2. George had great sympathy for the poor and the down-trodden.

　　3. Take care of the wounded and the dying.

　　4. Soon he was among the unemployed.

　　5. The privileged as a whole numbered less than 600,000.

　　6. The well-to-do had their cares also.

　　7. Fortune favours the brave.

　　8. The old and the young should be able to live together.

　　9. The English have a wonderful sense of humour.

　　10. Scotland is the land of the Scotch.

　　11. The Chinese were the first people to make porcelain.

　　12. The British drink a great deal of tea.

　　II. 在下面句子中名词化的形容词下划线：

　　1. He was fond of writing about the unusual.

　　2. I was weak, afraid to venture into the unknown.

　　3. The performance was nothing out of the ordinary.

　　4. Do you believe in the supernatural?

　　5. Several of the accused were found guilty.

　　6. The living are important than the dead.

　　7. The sick and the wounded were sent home.

　　8. We can’t expect them to do the impossible.

　　9. I can’t say for sure.

　　10. I know for certain that he has a car.

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