动词修饰语主要修饰动词。主要是为了解释动词“how,” “when,” “where,” “why,”,通常这种词都是副词或类似副词的短语。
类型 | 位置 | 举例 |
副词 | 动词前 | FREQUENTLY, Iwalkto the store. IFREQUENTLYwalkto the store. |
动词后 | Iwalkto the storeFREQUENTLY. | |
介词 | 动词前 | On Mondays, Iwalkto the store. |
动词后 | Iwalkto the storeOn Mondays. | |
主从连词 | 动词前 | WHEN my car is broken, Iwalkto the store. |
动词后 | Iwalkto the storeWHEN my car is broken. |
有些动词修饰语可能适用于动词和动词的主语,在这些情况下,我们必须确保主语及和修饰语同样有意义。
类型 | 位置 | 举例 |
现在分词 | 动词前 | WHISTLING “Beat It”,I liftedthe weight. |
动词后 | I liftedthe weight,WHISTLING “Beat It”. | |
介词+动名词 | 动词前 | BY CONCENTRATING,I liftedthe weight. |
动词后 | I liftthe weightBY CONCENTRATING. | |
不定式表目的. | 动词前 | TO FREE my leg,I liftedthe weight. |
动词后 | I liftedthe weightTO FREE my leg. |
◆ Wrong: The nameless symphony was at last performed, decades after it was composed, yesterday.
◆ Right: The nameless symphony was at last performed yesterday, decades after it was composed.