前面有个网友提问:a pair of...作主语时的主谓一致。
但我也有一个问题:修饰a pair of...的形容词放什么位置?
an old pair of shoes 还是 a pair of old shoes?
都对。又如:
She put the bite on me so that she could buy a pair of new shoes. 她向我借钱,以便可以买一双新鞋。
来自《简明英汉词典》
George needed a new pair of shoes. 乔治需要一双新鞋。
来自辞典例句
但是,英语习惯上更倾向于把形容词放在“量词”之前,例如:
Here is a good piece of news for you.
但是,关于“量词”跟形容词搭配的问题,有两种情况。我分别举例讲解:
第一种情况:a good piece of news = a piece of good news
good 显然是修饰中心词news,说明news 的性质(好坏),在此情况下,其位置既可以放在piece 之前,也可以放在news 之前。
第二种情况:a big cup of milk ≠ a cup of big milk
big 是修饰cup的,说明其“大小”,它不可能也无法修饰milk。所以,只能放在cup 之前。
▲ 在“a + (表示容量、计量概念的)名词+ of + 名词(不可数名词或可数名词复数)”结构中,如果该形容词是描述性质,在意思上是修饰最后的那个中心名词,英美人在习惯上经常放在第一个(表示容量、计量概念的)名词前,也可放在中心名词之前。例如:
a good piece of news = a piece of good news
an important piece of news = a piece of important news
an interesting piece of news = a piece of interesting news
an exciting piece of news = a piece of exciting news
a huge pair of eyes = a pair of huge eyes
an oily old pair of jeans = a pair of oily old jeans
a clean pair of pants = a pair of clean pants
▲ 但是,如果这个形容词是修饰“容量、计量”概念的名词,而不是修饰后面的中心名词,则必须放在第一个名词之前。
a big/small bag of corn
a big/small box of sweets
a big/small bottle of wine
a big/small cup of milk
a big/small glass of beer
a big/small basin of water
a big/small pile of bricks
a big/small basket of fruit
a big/small sheet of paper
a big/small drop of rain
a big/small bar of chocolate
a big/small block of ice
a big/small loaf of bread
a big/small grain of sand
a big/small crowd of people
a gbig/small group of children
a big/small team of players
a big/small sum of money
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an old pair of shoes 和 a pair of old shoes 都可以说。在一般情况下,把形容词放在 pair 的前面。如果要强调形容词,就把形容词放在 of 后面。例如:a new pair of shoes (或 trousers) / a pair of new shoes (或 trousers) 一双新鞋(或一条新裤子)(摘自《薄冰英语惯用法词典》)又如:
a clean pair of socks 一双干净的袜子 (摘自《牛津英语搭配词典》第2版)
a new pair of shoes 一双新鞋 (摘自赵振才编著《英语常见问题解答大词典》增订版第四版)
a huge pair of eyes 一双大眼睛(摘自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第8版)
a new pair of scissors 一把新剪刀 (摘自《薄冰英语惯用法词典》)
an old pair of trousers 一条旧裤子(摘自《薄冰英语惯用法词典》)