三、用前綴和后綴構成的復合形容詞

復合形容詞可由各種前綴和后綴構成（即在本來是形容詞的前或后加上某些表示特定意義的前綴或后綴構成復合形容詞）。如：

We offer interest-free credit on all new cars. 所有新車我們都提供無息貸款服務。

Sports drinks have caught on as consumers have become more health-conscious. 隨著消費者健康意識的增強，運動型飲料開始流行起來。

He began to insist upon a bullet-proof limousine, just for peace of mind. 他開始堅持要防彈豪華轎車，僅僅是為了安心而已。

They experimented successfully on the plants to discover disease-resistant varieties. 他們成功地對植物進行了實驗，發現了抗病品種。

四、用well, bad, ill, poorly等構成的復合形容詞

——well

There is a special need for well-trained teachers. 特別需要訓練有素的老師。

At last she managed to have a well-deserved rest. 她終于爭取到了完全應該得到的休息。

Tonight’s speaker is a well-known writer and journalist. 今晚的講話人是出名的作家兼新聞記者。

The well-established firm closed down with the loss of 600 jobs. 那家地位鞏固的公司倒閉了，造成600 個職位喪失。

The hotel has a well-run restaurant offering a good choice of dishes. 這家賓館內有一家經營得很好的餐廳，提供各種各樣的飯菜。

A well-designed sports shoe should absorb the impact on the 28 bones in each foot. 設計精良的運動鞋應能減輕沖擊力以保護每只腳的28 塊骨頭。

——bad

It is his illness that makes him bad-tempered. 他因為生病，脾氣變得暴躁。

He acknowledges that when he’s tired he gets bad-tempered. 他承認自己累了就會發脾氣。

Eric was really bad-mannered. I’m never going to invite him again. 埃里克真沒禮貌。我永遠不想再請他來了。

When his headaches developed Nick became bad-tempered and even violent. 尼克出現頭痛時脾氣就變得很差，甚至還會動粗。

——ill

They accepted her claim that she had been ill-treated. 他們相信她受虐待的說法。

She tucked her ill-gotten gains into her purse and left. 她把不義之財塞入錢包后就離開了。

There’s nothing worse than for a parent to ill-treat a child. 沒有什么比父母虐待自己的小孩那樣更糟糕。

Once again an official inquiry has spoken of weak management and ill-trained workers. 官方調查又一次提到了管理不力與工人缺乏訓練的問題。

The British are considered ill-mannered, badly dressed and unsophisticated. 英國人被認為缺乏教養、衣著邋遢、頭腦簡單。

If the banks opt to pull the rug from under the ill-fated project, it will go into liquidation. 如果這些銀行不再對這個倒霉的項目提供支持，它也就破產了。

It seemed a singularly ill-judged enterprise for Truman to undertake. 這對于杜魯門來說似乎是一項特別不明智的事業。

Every government is ill-disposed to the press, all or some of the time. 歷屆政府一直以來——或者說某些時候——都對新聞界冷面相待。

——poorly

My office is poorly-ventilated. 我的辦公室通風不良。

Their lack of qualifications condemned them to a lifetime of boring, usually poorly-paid work. 沒有學歷使他們一輩子都得從事枯燥乏味而且通常報酬很低的工作。

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