(1)形容词短语作定语时要后置。如:
I think he is a man suitable for the job.我认为他是适合做这项工作的人。
We need a place twice larger than this one.我们需要一个比这里大一倍的地方。
(2)表语形容词作定语要后置。如:
He spoke like a man afraid.他说话时像是很害怕似的。
He must be the best violinist alive.他一定是当代最好的小提琴手了。
(3)受修饰复合不定代词时后置。如:
Tell me something interesting.给我说些有意思的事。
Anyone intelligent can do it.任何有头脑的人都能做这件事。
There is nobody absent today .
今天没有人缺席。
Is there anything wrong with your watch?
你的手表出了什么毛病了吗?
The teacher asked me a question too difficult to answer.
老师问了我一个难得回答的问题。
A manso difficult to please must be hard to work with.
一个如此难以取悦的人一定很难共事。
I think he is a man suitable for the job.
我认为他是适合做这项工作的人。