英文筆記：文法 地方副詞 (Adverbs of Place)

地方副詞會透露某事發生的大約位置，一般會放在主要動詞之後，或者是該副詞修飾的語句後。地方副詞並不會修飾形容詞或其他副詞。

John looked around but he couldn't see the monkey.
I searched everywhere I could think of.
I'm going back to school.
Come in!
They built a house nearby.
She took the child outside.

here 和 there 會與介系詞搭配使用，形成許多常見的副詞片語。

What are you doing up there?
Come over here and look at what I found!
The baby is hiding down there under the table.
I wonder how my driver's license got stuck under here.


許多地方副詞也可以用作介系詞。當它被用為介系詞的時候，後面就必須接一個名詞。

字詞	用作地方副詞，修飾動詞	用作介系詞
around	The marble rolled around in my hand.	I am wearing a necklace around my neck.
behind	Hurry! You are getting behind.	Let's hide behind the shed.
down	Mary fell down.	John made his way carefully down the cliff.
in	We decided to drop in on Jake.	I dropped the letter in the mailbox.
off	Let's get off at the next stop.	The wind blew the flowers off the tree.
on	We rode on for several more hours.	Please put the books on the table.
over	He turned over and went back to sleep.	I think I will hang the picture over my bed.

以 where 結尾的地方副詞表達出位置的概念，而非特指一個地點或方向。

I would like to go somewhere warm for my vacation.
Is there anywhere I can find a perfect plate of spaghetti around here?
I have nowhere to go.
I keep running into Sally everywhere!

以 wards 結尾的地方副詞表達某個動作以特定方向移動。

Cats don't usually walk backwards.
The ship sailed westwards.
The balloon drifted upwards.
We will keep walking homewards until we arrive.

towards 是介系詞，而不是副詞；因此它的後面一律要接名詞或代名詞。

He walked towards the car.
She ran towards me.

有些地方副詞可以同時表達動作和地點。

The child went indoors.
He lived and worked abroad.
Water always flows downhill.
The wind pushed us sideways.

參考來源：地方副詞