1. These goods are in short supply.
這些貨物供應不足。
2. This equation is far from being complicated.
這個方程壹定也不復雜。
二、為了使譯文自然流暢，讀起來順口，在壹些形容詞前可根據上下文內容加上副詞“很”、“最”等字。
1. It was as pleasant a day as I have ever spent.
這是我度過最愉快的壹天。
2. It is easy to compress a gas.
氣體很容易壓縮。
三、有時可將英語的“形容詞+名詞短語”譯成漢語的主謂結構。
1. She spoke in a high voice.
她講話聲音很尖。
2. This engine develops a high torque.
這臺發動機產生的轉矩很大。
四、如果壹個名詞前有幾個形容詞修飾，英譯時應根據漢語習慣決定其順序。
1. a large brick conference hall
壹個用磚砌的大會議廳
2. a plastic garden chair
壹把在花園裏用的塑料椅子
五、英語中壹些表示知覺、情感、欲望等心理狀態的形容詞，同連系動詞構成復合謂語時，翻譯時可將形容詞譯成動詞。
1. You are ignorant of the duties you undertake in marrying.
妳完全不懂妳在婚姻方面承擔的責任。
2. Such criticisms have become familiar in his later commentaries on America.
類似的批評在他後來寫的評論美國的文章中屢見不鮮。
3. He is truly sorry for his past, and he has undertaken to give up motorcars entirely and for ever.
他誠懇地懺悔過去，並保證永遠不再玩汽車。
六、由於語言習慣不同，英語裏的形容詞有時譯成漢語副詞。
1. I am going to be good and sweet and kind to every body.
我要對每壹個人都親切、溫順、和善。
2. He asked me for a full account of myself and family.
他詳盡地問起我自己和我家裏的情況。
3. Another war will be the absolute end of our country.
再來壹次戰爭將徹底毀滅我們這個國家。