1、说明动作“何时”、“何地”、“如何”发生,或者说明形容词或副词的程度,一般由副词、介词短语、不定式、状语从句等充当。
如:I was not born yesterday.(我又不是昨天才出世的娃娃。)(副词)
For many of these families a college education was something new.(介词短语)(对其中的许多家庭来说,大学教育是件新事物。)
He woke up to find his house on fire.(他醒来发现房子着火了。) (不定式)
You cannot leave until your work is finished.(在你的工作被完成以前你不能离开)(状语从句)
2、多个状语相连时,一般先单词、后短语,先地点、后时间,先小概念、后大概念。
如:He went out of the room at a quarter to 23:00 last night and then disappeared into the dark.(他昨夜22点3刻从房间里出来,然后消失在黑暗之中。) /
5、 注意:由于状语属于修饰性的成分,常归入谓语,因此不作为句子的主要成分。