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enough time/time enough

核心问题

《朗文英语正误词典》(安徽科技出版社版, p.118) 和《朗文常用英语正误词典》(上海译文出版社, 1994, p.101) 认为下列句子是错误的:

× As they were busy, they did not have time enough to talk to her.

而必须改为:

As they were busy, they did not have enough time to talk to her.

但是我认为第一个句子是可以接受的。

词典解答

我们在 enough1enough^{1} 条中已经说明,enough用作定语时,既可放在名词之前,也可放在名词之后,即使后面有动词不定式作定语时,也是如此,只是放在名词之前的情况更为常见一些(但是不能放在单数可数名词之前)。下面的例句完全可以证明enough time to dotime enough to do的说法都是符合英语惯用法的。

  1. We have enough money to buy a car. (LDCE) 我们的钱足够买一辆汽车。

  2. I'm going to the movies.” “Do you have money enough?” (IME) “我要去看电影。”“你的钱够吗?”

  3. They were not allowed time enough for sports and recreation. (Mis) 没有足够的时间让他们运动和娱乐。

  4. There was {enoughfoodfoodenough}\left\{\begin{array}{l} enough food \\ food enough \end{array}\right\} to last a whole year. (CGEL) 有充分的食物, 足够吃一整年的。

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