1 副词和形容词同形(Adv erbs and Adjectiv es Identical in Form) 有的形容词同副词在词形上完全一样,但形容词起的是定语作用,而副词起的却是状语作用
如: An early riser gets up early
A fast train travels fast
Daily newspapers are published daily
This is hard work
We have to work hard
区别副词和形容词常常依靠该词句法功能
如:go straight, tell someone straight 中为副词
在短语set someone/something straight, put someone/something straight, drink whisky straight, keep one’s face straight中的straight 看作形容词,因straight 在些起宾语补足语的作用
英语中常有成对的副词:一个不带-ly,另一个由形容词加后缀-ly构成
这种有-ly的副词有时可同无-ly的副词互换,有时两者的用法和意义不一
但一般来说没有后缀-LY 的副词表示动作所造成的结果、状态或给人的感觉,而,带有后缀-LY 的副词则表示的动作方式
如: bright, brightly cheap,cheaply She sells her goods cheap
(cheap 可用cheaply替换
在较为随便的谈话中,当动词是buy, sell 时,常用cheap
clean, cleanly This knife cuts cleanly
The bullet went clean through the wall
Clean through = right th