1. 两个或几个同类形容词作定语,可用 and 连接,词序一般是较长的形容词列于最后,如:
This is a black and white cat.
It was a rainy, windy and freezing day.
2.当名词中心词前出现几个不同种类的形容词作修饰语时,一般按下列次序排列:限定词→性质词→大小、长度、形状、新旧→年龄→颜色→国别、来源、材料→用途或目的的形容词或分词、名词等类别词→名词中心词,如:
This is a well-known Chinese medical
school.
It was reported that the man's first
two interesting little red French oil paintings had been
stolen.
3. 如果出现一个以上的限定词,则按前位限定词→中位限定词→后位限定词顺序排列。常见的限定词如下:
前位限定词: all, both, twice, one-third, etc.
中位限定词: a(n), the, this, that, these, those, my, your, some,
any, enough, every, each, either, neither,etc.
后位限定词: one, two, first, second, last, another, much, more,
(a) little, (a) few, plenty of, lots of, such, etc.
一个名词中心词前不可并用两个前位或中位限定词,而后位限定词则不受此限,如:
For the first few evenings,
he did enjoy himself greatly.
All the other five boys were
in the classroom.