在考研英语学习中，咱们一说到定语，我们多会想到描述词做前置定语，用来润饰这今后的名词，如a big apple, big作定语润饰apple。实践上，定语分为两类，一是前置定语，二是后置定语。后置定语相同在英语句子中高频的呈现，只是我们没有过分留心，例如somebody injured, the money left, something desirable, the years to come。今日咱们就来谈一下后置定语的几品种型，一起看一下后置定语如何助跑写作，让英语句型更为多样。
一.介词短语作后置定语，如the bird in the tree(树上的小鸟)，the standard of living(日子水平)，
the way to the hotel(去旅馆的路)，the life in the future(将来的日子)。
二.不定式短语作后置定语，用来润饰限制其前的名词或名词性短语。分为以下三类：
1. 在某些名词规划中可用动词不定式作后置定语。
i have a lot of homework to do.
he is the first to finish the task.
there are a lot of things to do.
2. 在某些笼统名词后可用动词不定式作后置定语，具体阐明笼统名词的内容。常见名词有ability, anxiety, attempt, decision, chance, courage, right, determination, promise, ambition, effort, drive, eagerness, failure, inclination, intention, movement, need, opportunity, plan, reason, struggle, time, way, wish等。例句：
he has the ability to do the work.
i don’t have the courage to tell you the secret.
3. 动词不定式有时可替代一个定语从句，与其前润饰的名词是主动联络，在时态上富含将来的意义。例如：
perhaps in the years to come(=that will come),we will meet again.
in the lectures to follow(=that will follow), she talked about her trip to china.
三、分词短语作后置定语。这时一般可以改写为定语从句，如今分词作后置定语与润饰的名词是主动联络,曩昔分词作后置定语与润饰的名词是被逼联络。例如,
s1:there is a lady waiting for you.=there is a lady who waits for you.
s2：what is the language spoken in china?=what is the language which is spoken in china?
s1中，lady和wait之间是主动联络，s2中，language与spoken之间是被逼联络。
咱们在写作时，为了让语句规划更为高档，或是抵达句式多样的意图，常用分词短语作后置定语来替代定语从句。如在2012年的考研英语作文中，咱们在描图标明两自个对相同的半瓶水体现出不一样的情绪时，可以说：as is shown in the picture, there is a contrast between two men facing the same problem with half a bottle of water. 在这个英语句子中，咱们用如今分词短语作men的后置定语，恰当于定语从句who face the same problem with half a bottle of water. 再如，在表达一自个眉头紧缩，因为水撒了宣告叹气，可以说：the one frowning in anxiety is sighing because the water is spoilt out of the bottle。此句中，如今分词短语作one的后置定语，恰当于从句who frowns in anxiety。用如今分词短语替代从句可以使句式更简略，句型也更为高档，愈加丰厚。一起也闪现出考生深沉的语法功底。
所以，我们在平常的写作练习中，可以试着运用不定式短语或是分词短语作后置定语来替代定语从句，然后前进句型的丰厚度，让咱们的作文更为出彩。