对于英语形容词的词序特性，一般语法书籍有所涉及，但往往失之偏颇。本文根据国外大型计算机语言库的第一手材料，拟从语义学的角度对形容词的语义分类及其在翻译上的应用加以探讨，以就教于前辈与同行。一、词序的潜在倾向对于形容词的词序，语法学家众说纷纭，但总的说来， For the word order features of English adjectives, general grammar books are involved, but often biased. Based on the first-hand materials of the large-scale computer language database in foreign countries, this paper intends to discuss the semantic classification of adjectives and their application in translation from the perspective of semantics in order to teach them to their predecessors and peers. First, the potential tendency of the word order For adjective word order, grammatists have different opinions, but in general,