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。

And again, you can change the modifier.

同样，你可以改变修饰语。

Here's a use of principle as a modifier.

这里有一个原则作为修饰语的用法。

You could replace " much" with another modifier.

你可以用另一个修饰语代替 much。

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

这些就像不同种的修饰语——形容词、副词、状语短语等等。

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

修饰语" up" 和" over" 也是如此。

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" 。

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" 和动词间时，就会出现分裂不定式。

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中，修饰哪一个都讲得通。

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，略大于十分一，这可以表示 12%，当然。

So a lot of times a modifier is describing something else in the sentence.

所以很多时候修饰语是在描述句子中的其他内容。

And then just make sure that that noun or phrase comes right after the modifier.

然后确保该名词或短语紧跟在修饰语后。

So a modifier is always supposed to come right before the word or phrase that it's modifying.

所以修饰语总是应该出现在它所修饰的词或短语前。

[Voiceover] Sure, so, well one major modifier that you think of is an adjective.

- [画外音]当然，你想到的一个主要修饰语是形容​​词。

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. 上找到作为常用的作为修饰语的词。

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。

But what's nice about adjectives, and modifiers of all kinds, is that they add something extra, they add more detail.

但是形容词和各种修饰语的好处在于它们添加了一些额外的东西，它们添加了更多细节。

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。

So be very, very careful where you place your modifier to make sure that you get across the meaning that you want to get across.

所以在放置修饰语的地方要非常非常小心，以确保你表达了你想要表达的意思。

A modifier is anything in a sentence, it could be an adjective or an adverb, a clause, a phrase, anything that modifies something else in the sentence.

修饰语是句子中的任何东西，它可以是形容词或副词、从句、短语，任何修饰句子中其他事物的东西。