类型
表示地点的:here, there, home, upstairs, downstairs, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, somewhere, abroad, elsewhere等。
表示位置关系的:above, below, down, up, out, in, across, back, along, over, round, around, away, near, off, on, inside, outside, past等。
在表示位置关系的副词中,有些副词也可用作介词(如:above, over, beyond, around, below, down, up, in, along, near, off, on, past等),在没有宾语时就是副词,有宾语时就是介词,如:
Come in, please.(副词)
They live in the next room.(介词)
Let's take along.(副词)
Let's walk along this street.(介词)
She looked around.(副词)
They sat around the table.(介词)
Let's go on with the work...(副词)
What subject will you speak on?(介词)
位置
地点副词常放在动词后面,如果是及物动词,一般就放在宾语后面。如:I remember having seen him somewhere.
Wuxia films are popular in China.
地点副词和时间副词并列使用时,一般要把地点副词放在时间副词之前。如:
We had a meeting here yesterday.
He did the work carefully here yesterday.
如果地点状语很长时,也可以放在时间状语之后。如:
He was born in 1940 in a small village at the foot of Mount Tai。
作表语
副词可以用作表语,主要是地点副词,时间副词和其他副词有时也可以用作表语。如:
They are inside.他们在里面。
How long will she be away?她要离开多久?
When will you be back?你什么时候回来?
You haven't been around much.你很少到这边来。
He'll be round in an hour.他一个小时内就到。
Now autumn is in.秋天来了。
I must be off now.我得走了。
We are behind in our plan.我们落在计划后面了。
成分
(1)作状语修饰动词、形容词、其他副词、介词短语及全句。其位置如下:
1、时间副词和地点副词一般放在句末,若两种副词同时出现,则地点副词在前,时间副词在后,也可把时间副词放在句首。
He did his work here yesterday.他昨天在这里工作。
2、频度副词放在实义动词之前,助动词、情态动词及be动词之后。
You must always wait in a queue.你必须排队。
3、程度副词放在所修饰的形容词之前(enough则放在后面)。如:very careful, old enough。
4、方式副词修饰不及物动词时,放在所修饰的词之后;修饰及物动词时,放在动词之前或宾语之后。如宾语较长,也可将副词放在动词与宾语之间。
a:Jane’s father works hard.简的父亲工作努力。
b:Bill did the work very well.比尔做工作很好。
c:He wrote carefully some letters to his friends. 他认真地给朋友们写信。
5、修饰介词时(well,right, just, soon等)放在介词之前;修饰全句时(frankly, briefly, personally, luckily, generally speaking等)放在句首。
(2)作表语。作表语的副词一般是表示地点及位置的副词。如:They are downstairs.
(3)作定语。作定语的副词一般是表示地点、位置的副词,还有一些表示时间的副词,都作后置定语。如:In the streets below, there are other problems.
(4)作介词宾语。如:in here,from abroad,since then,until recently,until very late等。