英语形容词修饰名词什么时候放在名词前，什么时候放在名词后？

形容词在句中的位置:

1、单个形容词作定语时, 一般放在被修饰的名词之前; 两个或两个以上的形容词修饰一个名词时, 同种类形容词的排列顺序一般应考虑以下两种情况:

①和被修饰的名词关系比较密切的形容词位置更靠近名词

a. It is a touching English film.

②音节少的形容词在前, 音节多的形容词在后

a. I have a small but beautiful room.

不同种类的词同时出现在名词前作定语时, 按以下顺序进行排列:

2、单个形容词作定语时, 在下列情况之下, 形容词应放在被修饰的词之后

①形容词修饰不定代词something, nothing, anything等时应后置

a. Is there anything important in the article?

b. There is something difficult in the lesson.

c. There is nothing wrong in your homework.

②形容词修饰表示度量的名词应后置

a. The building is seventeen storeys high.

b. He is ten years old.

c. The street is five hundred meters long.

③用and / or连接的两个形容词通常放在被修饰的名词之后, 起强调修饰语的作用

a. We will turn our motherland into a country, strong and modern.

b. Every nation, big or small, has its rights.

c. Power stations, large and small, have been set up all over the country.

④有些过去分词形容词作定语时应后置, 如: given, left, won, missed等

a. None of t