形容词可以修饰形容词吗(With the young unable to afford to leave home...)

With the young unable to afford to leave home and the old at risk of isolation, more families are choosing to live together.

这个句子有点奇怪，怎么会用形容词(young)修饰形容词(unable)呢？

这里的 the young 已用作名词（意思是“年轻人”），与 the old, the rich, the poor 等用作名词的用法一样。同时注意后面的 the old 也用作名词。本句涉及 with 复合结构（with+名词+形容词），表原因。句子大意为：

With the young unable to afford to leave home and (with) the old at risk of isolation, more families are choosing to live together.

由于年轻人负担不起离家分居的费用，同时老人又有承受孤独的风险，所以更多的家庭选择住在一起。

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擅长：英语考试 | 采纳率 80% | 回答于 2020-12-19 12:30

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