词组作状语:名词,介词短语,副词等用作状语

状语介词短语评论

词组在很多情形下也可作状语，最常见的有下面几类：
1．名词和它的修饰语
I shall stay another five months．
我将再待五个月。
We have to walk a long way to the station．
到车站我们得走一大截路。

2．名词或副词+介词短语：
The desk measures four feet by two．
这书桌四英尺长，两英尺宽。
Theory must go hand in hand with practice．
理论必须与实际相结。
Not long after that did he get divorced．
不久之后他就离婚了。

3．副词和它的修饰语：
The train arrived ten minutes late．
火车晚点十分钟。
We have to change to the NO．3 trolley a few stops further on
再过几站我们得转三路无轨电车。
They live a long way off．他们的住处离这里很远。

4．连词and连接的两个平行的词
They drove night and day for three days．
他们一连三天日夜开车。
The man talked on and on．
那人没完没了地谈。
It rained off and on all day．
雨断断续续下了一天。

5．其他形式
She dived in head first．
她头朝下跳进水里。
The picture was hung upside down．
那画挂倒了。
Sure enough，they came to see me．
当然他们来找我了。

有不少作状语的成语属于这类，如hand in glove, hand in hand，side by side，heart and soul，day after day，day in day out，the other day，all(the)year round，year after year, now and then等等。