有时状语在句中的某个位置会引起歧义,应注意,如:The boy calls the girl in the classroom.一般理解成‘男孩喊教室里的女孩’(此时in the classroom为girl的定语),也可以理解为‘男孩在教室里喊女孩’(此时in the classroom为地点状语),最好写作‘In the classroom, the boy calls the girl.’
副词(短语)作状语:{状语置后}
The boy needs a pen very much./男孩非常需要一支钢笔。(程度状语)
The boy needs very much the pen bought by his mother./男孩非常需要他母亲买的那支钢笔。(宾语较长则状语前置)
The boy really needs a pen./男孩真的需要一支钢笔。(不确定程度状语置于动词之前)
The boy needs a pen now.w, the boy needs a pen./The boy, now, needs a pen./男孩现在需要一支钢笔。(时间状语)
介词短语作状语:{强调状语置前}
In the classroom, the boy needs a pen./在教室里,男孩需要一支钢笔。(地点状语)
Before his mother, Tom is always a boy./在母亲面前,汤姆总是一个男孩子.(条件状语)
On Sundays, there is no student in the classroom./星期天,教室里没有学生.(时间状语)
分词(短语)作状语:{状语置后}
He sits there, asking for a pen./他坐在那儿要一支笔。(表示伴随状态)
Having to finish his homework, the boy needs a pen./因为不得不完成作业,男孩需要一支笔。(原因状语,强调置前) Frightened, he sits there soundlessly./(因为)受了惊吓,他无声地坐在那儿。(原因状语)
不定式作状语:
The boy needs a pen to do his homework./男孩需要一支笔写家庭作业。(目的状语置前)
To make his dream come true, Tom becomes very interested in business./为实现梦想,汤姆变得对商业很有兴趣. (目的状语强调时置前)