英语形容词从语法的角度看是很简单的一种词类,因为一般语法书只辨形式变化不涉及意义;但从翻译的角度看却是最麻烦的词类之一,因为翻译讲的正是意义,所以决非几篇小文所能尽其意。本文专谈形容词作定语的问题,这是它的主要功能。英语形容词作定语时一般放在被修饰名词之前,这和汉语一致。这种形式上的相同使许多学英语的中国人误以为其修饰关系也和汉语一致,译时只需照搬,因而大大低估了其复 English adjectives from the grammatical point of view is a very simple word category, because the general grammar book only changes in the form does not involve meaning; but from the translation point of view is one of the most troublesome parts, because translation is about meaning, Therefore, not many small articles can do their best. This article focuses on adjectives attributive issues, which is its main function. English adjectives attributive generally placed before the modified noun, which is consistent with the Chinese. This formal similarity makes many English-learning Chinese mistakenly believe that their modification relationship is also consistent with that of Chinese. Translation only needs to be copied, which greatly underestimates the complexities