作表语的,谓语性的(例如 asleep,用于 be、become、get、seem、look 等动词后;与 attributive 相对)coming after a verb such asbe, become, get, seem, look . Many adjectives, for exampleold can be either predicative as inThe man is very old , or attributive as inan old man . Some, likeasleep , can only be predicative .