定語後置和定語從句

後置定語與定語從句

英語中的後置定語往往可以分為以下幾類，形容詞做後置定語，現在分詞做後置定語，過去分詞做後置定語，不定式作後置定語。而後置定語往往可以由定語從句演變而來，這種定語從句的關係詞往往是關係代詞在從句中充當主語。下面我們來逐一討論：

1. 現在分詞作後置定語

⑴Who is the girl dancing with your brother？（現在分詞作後置定語，表正在）可改寫成定語從句Who is the girl that is dancing with your brother？ The high building being built (=which is being built)there is meant for the old without children. It is expected to be finished in a year.(正在被建)

⑵Anyone touching the wire will get a shock.可以改成定語從句Anyone who touches the wire will get a shock.

2. 過去分詞做後置定語

The jewelry (which is) worn by the Indians was made of bones.

The spaceship (which was) called Shenzhou Ⅴ, was carrying China’s first astronaut, Yang Liwei. The Indians wearing (=who wore)jewelry (which was) made of bones greeted them warmly.

3. 不定時作後置定語

表示未發生或即將發生的.情況如

The project （which is）to be completed next month needs more people to help.（即將完成的）

There are more pains (which are)to come.(要來的)

Children who lived closest to the Fukushima-1 Nuclear Power Station were among the first to be tested.（the first，the last之後常用不定式作定語）

4. 形容詞作後置定語

She is an American girl interested in sports.

I am a person optimistic about everything hard in life