核心问题
He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George, "Hand it over!" (北京会考, 94-阅 C) from 是介词, under 也是介词, 两个介词放在一起使用, 该如何分析。
词典解答
under his jacket 是个介词短语,作 from 的宾语,即介词短词作介词的宾语。这在英语里是很常见的。这种结构能把位置说得非常清楚,见 prepositional phrase as prepositional complement。
练习题
请做下面的英语试题：
The cat rushed ____ the bed and caught the mouse. A. from B. under C. from under D. under from