形容词
在句子中起到修饰作用,最能体现写作功底,用对了的形容词更能引起阅读人的好感。
The girl is beautiful.(这个女孩很漂亮)
The girl is angelic.(这个女孩天姿国色)
The girl's beauty is unsurpassable.
(这个女孩的美无与伦比)
angelic——angel 天使
unsurpassable——surpass 超越
两个词都是根据单词结构可以很容易记住的单词。
常见的可替换的形容词表达有:
(1)令人惊奇的
surprising→amazing/astonishing
(2)贫穷的poor→needy/poverty-stricken
(3)优秀的excellent→outstanding
(4)明显的obvious→apparent/evident
(5)常见的common→universal
(6)充足的enough→adequate
(7)勤奋的hard-working→diligent
(8)可用的useable→available
(9)困难的difficult→challenging
(10)坚强的strong→tough
(11)重要的important→vital/significant
(12)不可能的
impossible→out of the question
(13)有趣的
interesting→absorbing/striking/appealing
(14)小心谨慎的careful→cautious
(15)幸运的lucky→fortunate
(16)巨大的large→enormous
(17)合适的proper→appropriate
(18)丰富的rich→abundant
(19)古老的old→ancient
(20)唯一的only→unique
(21)全部的whole→entire
(22)富裕的rich→wealthy
(23)有意义的meaningful→rewarding
(24)许多的many→a large quantity of
(25)有吸引力的attractive→appealing
(26)有空的free→available
(27)有益处的be useful→be of benefit
(28)不同种类的
different/kinds of→a variety of/various
(29)高兴的glad→delighted
(30)激动的excited→thrilled