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imaginable

核心问题

I've just said the stupidest thing imaginable. (EGS)

请问形容词 imaginable总是放在它所修饰的名词的后边吗?

词典解答

当名词前有形容词最高级、onlylastnext以及顺序数词等做定语时,以-able或-ible结尾的形容词定语,既可以前置,也可以后置:

  1. Cinderella was dressed with the greatest splendor imaginable. (Thorndike) 辛得雷拉(灰姑娘)穿得华丽无比。

  2. This is the only solution imaginable. (ECD) 这是唯一可想象的解决办法。

  3. Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. 我们在瑟堡-哈佛尔地区的登陆未能获得令人满意的立足点,我已将部队撤出。我作出的在该时该地发动进攻的决定是根据当时能够获得的最可靠的情报作出的。

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