adjectives

Skint and poor are both adjectives but skint is usually used when someone has run out of money temporarily.

这两个词都是形容词，但是skint通常是在人们暂时没钱的时候用。

Adverbs which modify adjectives or other adverbs must be placed immediately before the word they modify.

修饰形容词或其他副词的副词应该放在它们的所修饰词的前面。

These adjectives are compared as they mean being at or approximately at right angles to the horizon or to level ground.

这些形容词在它们表达与水平面成或者几乎成直角时才互相比较。

But all those adjectives and all that decoration would be the ruin of any journalist trying to write good English.

但是太多形容词和太多雕饰都不利于英文的新闻写作。

These adjectives are compared as they refer to mental adroitness or to practical ingenuity and skill.

这些形容词在表示心地机智灵敏或实际的独创性和能力上有所区别。

These adjectives mean not part of the essential nature of a thing.

这些形容词的意思是一事物非本质的部分。

s your wife. You insult her intelligence if you assume that a mere slogan and a few vapid adjectives will persuade her to buy anything.

她是你的妻子。如果你认为仅凭句口号，几个干巴巴的形容词就能诱使她掏腰包购买任何东西的话，那么你就亵渎了她的智慧。

His writing would be improved if he pruned away some of those unnecessary adjectives.

删掉一些不必要的形容词，他的文章会好些。

My 15-year-old daughter has recently filled in an application form on which she was asked for three adjectives that describe her.

我15岁的女儿最近填写了一张申请表格，其中要求她用三个词来形容自己。

Ask the children to look at the list of adjectives that are on the board and choose words to describe each one.

要求学生注意看在黑板上所列出的形容词，并且选择一些形容词去分别描述他们俩人。

If you could prune away the unnecessary adjectives in this essay, it would be improved.

如果你把论文中不必要的形容词删去，会使文章更好。

One of Premier Wen Jiabao's favourite adjectives, used in connection with China's unbalanced, investment-led economy, is "unsustainable" .

温家宝总理在谈到中国不平衡的投资拉动型经济时，最喜欢用的一个形容词就是“不可持续的”。

These adjectives mean not deviating from what is common, usual, or to be expected.

这些形容词意为不偏离正常的、通常的或期望的事物。

He was to give three adjectives that best described him as a person, and an additional three that described him as a student.

他要用三个形容词最好地形容他的人品，另外三个形容他是一名好学生。

miscellaneous, heterogeneous, motley, mixed, varied, assorted These adjectives mean consisting of a number of different kinds.

这些形容词都意味着包含有一定数量的不同类型的东西。

Among the "Germination" adjectives, dual-syllable adjectives are more frequently used, so they occupy an important position.

双音节状态形容词是一种使用较多的重叠，在整个形容词重叠中占有重要地位。

But whether you use adjectives or different words, few could deny the nearly infinite meaning in such a simple word.

但是不管你运用形容词还是不同的单词，几乎没有人可以否认：（象友谊）这样一个简单的单词却几乎具有无数的意思。

A study of the gradable adjectives, then, will make us gain a better understanding of the differences between them.

因此，对于等级形容词的研究有助于我们更好地理解这三大词类的区别。

[ Girl, spoken: ] You can even make adjectives out of the other parts of speech, like verbs or nouns.

你也可以用的另一些词造出形容词，例如用动词或者名词。

But the biggest giveaway that this isn't a serious research study is the adjectives chosen to describe the two groups of people.

不过，这无法成为一个严谨的调查所露出的最大马脚在于他们用来描述两组人群的形容词。