介词和它后面的名词(或代词)构成的短语,称为介词短语,介词短语通常在句子中做状语、定语或者表语。例如: 1)I study English for the modernization of our country.我为祖国的四个现代化学习英语。(作状语) 2)She often reads books on surgery.她经常读外科书籍。(作定语) 3)The disease is due to a virus.这种疾病是由病毒引起的。(作表语)介词短语还可以起名词作用,在句子中作主语或及物动词的宾语,另一介词的宾语以及同位语。关于介词短语这一功能,一般语法书论述较少,现归纳如下: 1.介词短语作句子的主语 4)From Boston to New York is two hundred miles.从波士顿到纽约有二百英里。 5)After supper is always too late.晚饭后总是太晚了。 6)On the cliff was a statue of impressive dignity.悬崖上耸立着一尊雕像---庄严而惹人注目。 2.介词短语作一个名词的同位语: 7)At dust,in those unearthly house between sleep and wakefulness,I have vision.黄昏,在一种不可思议的半睡状态中,我就产生了幻觉。 8)Vice-Chairman Zhou wanted to know everything about field hospitals,about the training of our medical personnel,from doctors and nurses to orderlies and cooks.周副主席想了解战地医院的每件事,关于我们医务人员的培训,从医生和护士到勤务员和炊事员。 |