When I came in, I found she fell unconsciously on the floor.
有人说上面的句子用 unconsciously 是错误的。我的问题是: 句中的 fell 是一般动词, 而不是连系动词, 用副词 unconsciously 来修饰动词, 不是很正常的吗?
英语里有一个句型:主语 + 不及物动词(非连系动词)+ 形容词(或名词),例如,The bird fell dead. 其中的形容词(或名词)并不是修饰动词的,而是说明主语的情况的。有一派语法学家把这种句型称作带双谓语的句型(因为主语受两次陈述)。另一派语法学家则把它称作带主语补语的句型(即把后面的形容词或名词分析为主语补语)。
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They married young. (ALD) 他们结婚时很年青。
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He came in drunk. (CGEL) 他醉醺醺地走了进来。
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He died happy. (LDCE) 他幸福地死去。
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No man is born wise. (Prov) 谁也不是生下来就聪明的。
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The fire is burning low. (CGEL) 火势开始变弱。
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Gerhardt stood there motionless another minute or so. (Dreiser) 格哈特在那里一动也不动地又站了大约一分钟。
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He sat motionless. (Hill) 他坐在那里一动也不动。
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Her grandfather lay murdered inside his own museum. And he had written a code on the floor. (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 祖父在其掌管的博物馆里被谋杀了,还在地板上写下了一串密码。(《达·芬奇密码》)
这种主语补语也可以用名词来充当:
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He died a poor man. (Hill) 他死时很贫穷。
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He died a millionaire. (ALD) 他死时是一位百万富翁。
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Lincoln was born a poor farmer's boy and died President of the United States. (AEG) 林肯生下来时是一个贫苦农民的儿子,死时则是美国总统。
不难看出,在你所提问的句子里, unconsciously 应改为 unconscious。
请做下面的英语试题:
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“How about him?” “He came home ____.” A. safe B. safely C. with safety D. with safeness(Gruber's TOEFL)
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After the long journey, the three of them went back home, ____.
A. hungry and tiredly B. hungry and tired
C. hungrily and tiredly D. hungrily and tired(全国高考北京卷,08-26)
(参见 married young, lie thick)