英语中名词修饰名词

英语中名词修饰名词 标 : 英语名词修饰名词的例子 内 容: 英语名词修饰名词的讨‎‎论 英语中的一个名词修饰另一个名词时，通常是前者用单数。但在特殊情况下，也有名词复数修饰名词的。如: a savings account—(存款); arms race—(军备竞赛); a goods train—(一列货运列车); communications equipment—(通讯器材);communications satellites; (通讯卫星—见 麻保金 陈明发的 A College English Writing Course 《大学英语写作教程》上册p210开封:河南大学出版社 2002. 6.) overseas telecommunications agencies (同上) a sales tax—(销售税); a customs officer—(一名海关人员); a current affairs program—(一条时事新闻节目); a clothes shop—(一家服装商店)。 一般而言，名词修饰名词，是因为作为定语的名词‎‎已经转义了。如: air (空气)—airs (微风，摆架子) brain (脑子)—brains (脑力，智力) damage (损害)—damages (损害赔偿费) look (看)—looks (外貌) color (颜色)—colors (彩色衣服) food (食品)—foods (各种食品) regard (尊重)—regards (问候) ruin (毁坏)—ruins (废墟) glass (玻璃)— glasses (眼镜) water (水)—waters (水域，领海) manner (方式)—manners (礼貌) steel (钢)— steels (合金钢) oil (油)—oils (油类) people (人民)—peoples (民族) noodle(傻瓜)—noodles (面条) If we can treat any piece of conversational data as a process in which two or more participants speak within the topic framework, we should also find in their contributions elements which characterize their‎‎ own personal speakers topic. 见Gillian Brown George Yule Discourse Analysis p 88. 北京:外语教学与研究出版社，2000,8