名词修饰名词能构成一个名词吗

以名词作修饰语，简称“名词定语”（attributive nouns），就是以名词直接修饰另一名词，其作用和形容词相似。例如：

Science students; the Clinton Administration; dinner-time; oil industry; Christmas party 等。

下列是名词作修饰语时的语法功能：

⒈代替形容词（或形容词短语）或分词（或分词短语），如：

● country life→rural life

● China-U.S. relations→Sino-American relations

● a launch pad→a launching pad

● cube sugar→sugar formed in the shape of a cube.

⒉代替名词所有格，如：

● good rapport between consumer and producer countries →good rapport between consumers' and producers' countries.

● a proposal for a ceiling on ASEAN commodity imports→ a proposal for a ceiling on ASEAN's commodity imports.

⒊代替介词短语，如：

● a tool box→a box for tools.

● a television programme→ a programme on television.

● apple seeds →the seeds of an apple.

⒋代替同位语、形容词分句或不定式动词短语，如：

● his bank man