2019英语名词作状语的结构及其用法语文

1、英语名词作状语的结构及其用法在英语句子中，状语通常由副词或介词短语来充任。名词主要用作主语、 宾语和表语等句子成分，其作状语直接修饰动词、副词、形容词等的用法经常 被忽略。其实在英语的实际使用中，名词作状语很普遍。尤其是在现代英语口 语中，名词作状语这一现象屡见不鲜。而大凡语法书对此谈得很少，甚至只字 未提。笔者在此就英语名词作状语的结构及其用法作一肤浅归纳，以期对英语 学习者有所帮助。一、名词作状语的结构1. 名词 +s该结构中的名词主要是表示 “时间”意义的名词，加上 s 后在句中作状语，有 些词典因而把这类名词看作副词。如 :hours, mornings, afternoons, ev

2、e nings,ni ghts, weeke nds, Mon days, Tuesday 等。这类名词主要用于美国英语。 例如 :We have been sitting here hours waiting for you.We worked nights at that time.Tuesdays I usually go to the library to read some magazines.I haven “ t so much to do eveninagnsd weekends.2. 不定冠词 +名词该结构有时表达程度轻、数量少、时间短。例如 :I hardly slept

3、a wink last night.昨 天晚上我连眼都没合。Wait a minute, please!3. 不定代词 +名词不定代词some, any, all, another等加上一些表时间意义或行为方法的名词，通常在句中直接作状语。例如 :He has waited some time.I will stay another five months.It may start raining any moment.Do it any way you like.4. 指示代词 +名词 该结构构成的名词短语通常在句中充任状语。例如 : He asked us whether we were

4、going away that day. We have been discussing the project these days.I 11 come and see you again this evening.He has been watching you these ten minutes.Do it this way.5. 数词+名词这些名词通常是表示度量或时间的名词。多数用作程度状语，修饰形容词 或副词，也可以修饰动词。例如 :This desk is two meters long.I walk three kilometers a day.The baby weighs n

5、ine pounds.The meeting will last six days.I m five years older than his brother.Why did you come two hours late this morning?6. 形容词 +名词。 next,first,last,whole 等形容词加上名词可引起该词组的状语 化。例如 :I saw a film yesterday and I“ 11 see another next week.He went to Shanghai last Monday.First thing in the morning we

6、swept the courtyard.We swam the whole day.7. 名词+ 连词/介词+名词。以并列连词and或or以及介词by,after,in等连接 起来构成不变短语的名词词组通常在句中作状语修饰谓语动词。多见的有 :day after day, night after night, year after year, arm in arm, hand in hand,bit by bit, step by step, part by part, side by side, time and time again, heart and soul,hand and foo

7、t, rain or shine等。例女口 ：She looked after the child day and night.They waited on him hand and foot .他们殷勤周到地侍候他。We should serve the people heart and soul我们应该全心全意为人民服务。在这些名词词组里，前后两个名词通常属于同类性质的名词或同一个名 词，如可以是人体某部位或其它同类物体。这些词组作状语，常放在句尾，具 有加强语气的作用。二、名词作状语的用法名词作状语时，可在句中修饰谓语动词、形容词、副词以及介词短语等。1. 修饰谓语动词名词作状语修饰谓语

8、动词时经常置于所修饰的谓语动词之后或句末，当动 词是不及物动词时，千万不可把状语看作宾语。例如 ：The meeting lasted an hour其实这句话应说成 :The meeting lasted for an hour. 以介词 for 引导的短语作状语 .当介词 for 省略后， anhour 便充任状语修饰谓语动 词 lasted2. 修饰形容词、副词或介词短语当名词作状语修饰形容词、副词或介词短语时，常置于这些词之前。例 如 :He said it had been completed a year before.We completed the work five days

9、 ahead of time.The room is three times larger than that one.3. 名词可充任时间、地点、方式、程度、让步等状语。1) 作时间状语。如 :I ) I shall be back next week.2) One day a mouse came into the garage and played on the floor.3) To see once is better than to hear a hundred times.2)作地点状语。如 :I ) The swallows go south in winter.2) She

10、lives next door.3) We are going some place tonight.3)作方式状语。如 :1) Please pronounce the word the way she does.2) He travels Pullma n他乘软席卧车旅行。3) Send the letter (by) airmail.4) 作程度状语。如 :1) He talked a great deal.2) He is a head taller than his sister.3) These vases are centuries old.5) 作让步状语。如 :1) Rai n or shi ne, we have to go不管天晴还是下雨，我们都