句子成分--定语

定语修饰名词或代词,通常由形容词、代词、数词等担任。如：

Shanghai is a big city .(上海是个大城市)

(1) 修饰名词或代词的成分,常由形容词、名词(含所有格)、代词(物主、指示、疑问、不定)、介词短语、不定式(短语)充当,在初三阶段还学习了定语从句做定语的知识。如：Put it in the top drawer.(把它放在最上层的抽屉里。) / France and Switzerland are European countries. (法国和瑞士是欧洲国家。) / His mother and father are both college teachers.(他的父母都是大学教师。) / This is the day that I can never forget in my life.(这是我一辈子难忘的日子。)

 (2) 单词做定语时一般放在被修饰的名词前面,而且有一定的次序：

冠词/ 物代	年龄/形状/ 大小/温度	色彩	来源	质地/ 材料	目的/ 用途	被修饰的名词(中心词)
a the my his …	old,young,…	red, yellow, blue, …	Chinese, English, American, …	wooden, woolen, glass, silk, paper …	meeting, tennis, sports, reading, swimming, …	box, shoes, room, pig …
	long,short, round, square…
	big, large, small, little…
	hot, cold, warm, cool…

   (3) 时间副词(now,then,today,yesterday,...)、地点副词(here,there,back,in,out,home,...作定语时放在被修饰的名词后面。如：I could not find my way out, so I stayed there all along. (我找不到出去的路,所以就一直呆在那儿。)

 (4) 介词短语修饰名词时只能放在名词的后面：The monkey in the cage was caught yesterday. (笼子里的猴子是昨天逮着的。)

 (5) 形容词修饰复合不定代词时,往往后置。如：He remembered everything unusual. (他记得所有不寻常的事情。)

(6) 定语还可以用从句充当,详见 定语从句。

(7) 注意：由于定语属于修饰性的成分,因此它常归入主语、宾语、表语之中,不作为句子的主要成分。