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形容词或形容词短语作状语
一、形容词或形容
词短语作状语，表示方式或伴随，
说明谓语动作的方式，它在句子中有时像非限制性分<
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句一样，表示意义上的增补。其逻辑主语是句子的主
语。在这种情
况下，其位置比较灵活，可位于句首或
句末，有时也可位于句中。
Crusoe
stared
at
the
footprint,
full
of fear.(=
Crusoe,
who
was
full
of
fear,
stared
at
the
footprint.)
克鲁索两眼盯着脚印
看，满心恐惧。
Flushed
and
breathless,
she
bounded
in
through
the
gate.
她满脸通红气喘吁吁从大门口跑了进来。
二、形容词或形容词短语可以作原因状语，一般位于
句首，有时也可位于句子中间。
Afraid of being
scolded, for a moment, little Franz thought
of
playing
truant.(=As
he
was
afraid
of
being
scolded,
for
a
moment,
little Franz thought of playing truant.)
由于害怕挨骂，
小弗朗兹一时起了逃学的念头。
Eager
to
improve
farming
conditions,
they
tried
out
this
new
crop
on
a
large
area.(=As
they
were
eager
to
improve
farming conditions,
they tried out the new crop on a large area.)
由于急于改进耕作条件，就大面积地试种了这种新庄稼。
Tom, very ill, sent for a doctor.(=As
Tom was very ill, he
sent for a
doctor.)
因为汤姆病得很厉害，派人请医生去了。
三、形容词或形容词短语可以作状语，表示时间和条
件。通常位于句首，也可位于句末。
Ripe,
these
apples
are
sweet.(=When/If
these
apples
are
ripe,
they are sweet.)
熟了的时候这种苹果很甜。
Enthusiastic,
they are quite cooperative.(=When/If they are
enthusiastic, they are cooperative. )
热心的时候他们是很合作
的。
四、形容词或形容词短语可以作让步状语，常由一个
形容词或连词
or
连接的两个或两个以上的并列
形容
词构成。一般位于句首，有时也可位于句中。
Right or wrong, he always comes off
worst in an argument
because
of
his
inability
to
speak
coherently.(=Whether
he
is
right
or
wrong,
he
always
comes
off
worst
because
of
his
inability to speak coherently.)
无论有理还是无理，
由于他语言
条理欠佳总是把事情弄
得最糟。
Wet
or
fine,
he
got
up
at
six
and
took
a
walk
in
the
park.(=Whether it was wet or fine, he
got up at six and took a
walk
in
the
park.)
不管天晴还是下雨他总是六点起床在公园
里散散步。
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The
two
accidents,
tragic,
seemed
natural
enough.
(=Though
they
were
tragic,
the
two
accidents
seemed
natural