“作形容词用地”可以翻译为 “used as an adjective” 或 “functioning as an adjective” 。
“used as an adjective” 强调该词在实际使用中具有形容词的功能。
“functioning as an adjective” 侧重于描述该词在句子结构中起到形容词的作用。
例如:
This word can be used as an adjective in this context.(在这个语境中,这个词可以用作形容词。)
In this sentence, “fast” is functioning as an adjective to describe the noun “car”.(在这个句子中,“fast”用作形容词来修饰名词“car”。)