五、形容詞作介詞賓語

Her pronunciation is far from perfect. 她的語音遠(yuǎn)不是完美的。

In short, we must be prepared. 總而言之，我們要有準(zhǔn)備。

Things have gone from bad to worse. 事情越來越糟。

【說明】1. 有些形容詞用作介詞賓語可視為其前省略了動名詞being：

He regarded the situation as (being) serious. 他認(rèn)為形勢嚴(yán)重。

His work is far from (being) satisfactory.  他的工作絲毫不令人滿意。

2. 有些“介詞+形容詞”的結(jié)構(gòu)已構(gòu)成固定搭配(也有的詞典認(rèn)為此結(jié)構(gòu)中的形容詞為名詞)：

in full 全部地，全面地，無省略地         in private 私下地，秘密地

in particular 特別地                                in general 一般地，通常地，概括地

in brief 簡言之                                      in short 總之，簡言之

in vain 徒然地，徒勞無益地                  for fee 免費地，無償?shù)?/SPAN>

for certain 肯定地，確切地                    for sure 肯定地，確切地

for short 為了簡短，簡稱                      at large 自由自在地，逍遙法外

by far …得多，最最       

六、副詞作介詞賓語

I can’t stay for long. 我不能久呆。

It’s too hot in here. 這里面太熱了。

I looked everywhere except there. 除了那兒，我到處都看過了。

七、數(shù)詞作介詞賓語

The city has a population of four million. 這座城市有四百萬人口。

He was among the first to arrive. 他是第一批到的。

Thy account for one-sixth of the population. 他們占人口的六分之一。

八、介詞短語作介詞賓語

Choose a book from among these. 從這些書中選一本吧。

I saw her from across the street. 我從街的對面望見了她。

He has known her since before the war. 自戰(zhàn)前開始他就認(rèn)識她。

We’ve decided to go on foot instead of by bus. 我們決定步行去而不乘車去。

【說明】通常可后接介詞短語作賓語的介詞是 from, till, until, since, except, instead of 等。比較：

I took it from the bed. 我從床那兒(或床上)拿的。

I took it from under the bed. 我從床下拿的。

He didn’t arrive there till [until] midnight. 直到半夜他才到達(dá)那兒。

He didn’t arrive there till [until] after midnight. 半夜過后他才到達(dá)那兒。

九、復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)用作介詞賓語

She had no objection to Mary marrying him. 她不反對瑪麗與他結(jié)婚。

She came in with a book in her hand. 她手里拿著一本書走了進來。

All the afternoon he worked with the door locked. 整個下午他都鎖著門在房里工作。

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