high-heeled shoes/highly praised achivement

【问】 在high-heeled shoes与highly praised achievement中high-heeled和highly praised都是

复合形容词作定语，为什么前者用连字符，而后者不用呢?

【答】 无论在英国英语或者美国英语中，如果副词以-ly结尾，则它与形容词或分词构成复合

形容词时，一般不用连字符。如，a highly qualified person，a highly paid worker，a carefullywritten report，rapidly disappearing languages。

1. The heavily loaded flatboats were swept along by the swiftly moving current.

满载货物的平底船被急流冲走了。

2. a beautifully furnished room (Ridout)

布置漂亮的房间

3. a neatly typed letter

一封打印整洁的信

4. a carefully prepared speech

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