Giving the modifier something to modify will solve the problem.

给修饰语一个修饰对象就会解决这个问题。

Here's a use of principle as a modifier.

这里有一个原则为修饰语的用法。

Right, so if you just add a modifier slightly more than 1 in 10, that could be 12 percent, sure.

好的，若依如果你加上一个修饰语，略大于十分之一，这可以表示 12%，当然。

These are like different kinds of modifiers — adjectives, adverbs, adverbial phrases, and so on.

这些就像不同种类的修饰语——形容词、副词、状语短语等等。

And again, you can change the modifier.

同样，你可以改变修饰语。

The reason for these split infinitives has to do with the nature of the modifiers " more than, " " up to" and " over" .

这些分裂不定式的原因与修饰语" more than" 、" up to" 和" over" 的性质有关。

Often, these modifiers are adverbs, like the one in this sentence: " Robbers who steal chocolate bunnies rapidly attract the outrage of onlookers."

通常，这些修饰语是副词，就像这句里的：“这个窃贼偷兔子很快引起了旁观者的愤怒。”

You can find a list of common nouns used as modifiers with the text version of the story on our website, learningenglish. voanews. com.

你可以在我们的网站 learningenglish. voanews. com. 上找到为常用的为修饰语的词。

We can also turn this word pair into a compound modifier, and then we hyphenate it. Come on. This isn't a life-or-death decision.

我们也可以把这个词组变成复合修饰语，然后用连字符将其连接起来。算了吧。这不是生死攸关的决定。

So you can use these modifiers, just under, just below, just over, just above, slightly more, slightly less to modify these...these very useful vocabulary.

所以你可以使用这些修饰语，不到，低于，高于，超过，略大于，略小于来修饰这些非常有用的词汇。

The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language calls these " prepositional modifiers" .

剑桥英语语法称这些为" 介词修饰语" 。

You could replace " much" with another modifier.

你可以用另一个修饰语代替 much。

Then there's another group called the squinting modifiers because they're stuck between two things and could feasibly refer to either.

还有一种叫做岐形修饰语，因为它们被卡在两样东西之中，修饰哪一个都讲得通。

The same thing is true of the modifiers " up to, " and " over" .

修饰语" up" 和" over" 也是如此。

A split infinitive happens when an adverb or other modifier is placed between " to" and the verb.

当副词或其他修饰语置于" to" 和动词之间时，就会出现分裂不定式。

You're right, we do need some sort of mod… what is that called?

你说得对，我们确实需要某种修饰语… … 那叫什么来着？是形容词还是副词？

I don't know what it is, I don't know what it's doing, etc. The second adjective clause is the modifying, means it is not necessary but we put it in to give a little bit of extra information about the noun.

我不知道它是什么， 我不知道它在做什么，等等。 第二个形容词从句是修饰语，意思是它不是必需的， 但我们把它放在里面是为了提供一些关于名词的额外信息。

We also looked at the importance of topic sentences but also sometimes it might modify things, there might be a modifier after there.

我们还探讨了主题句的重要性， 但有时主题句也可能修饰其他内容，其后可能跟有修饰语。

Gradable adjectives are the ones that you can make stronger or weaker by adding modifiers, like very or a bit or quite.

可分级形容词是可以通过添加修饰语变得更强或更弱的形容词，例如 very 、 a bit 或 quite 。

And words or phrases used as adverbs, what are sometimes called adverbial modifiers, could be placed in positions that seem unusual today.

并且用副词的词语或短语，有时被称为副词修饰语，可以放在今天看来有些不寻常的位置。