Ask & Learn聞問切英語口語:Came Home Happy
讀者 Calvin Law 問下面一句為什么用 came home happy 而不是 came home happily?
Tom came home happy on Saturday afternoon because he could finally enjoy himself after the lesson.
形容詞用以修飾名詞,副詞用以修飾動詞,這是英語語法里兩條基本的法則。表面上,Calvin 的句子,好像違反了語法,但細想其意思,便發(fā)現(xiàn)當中的道理并非如此。
我們先看兩例:
John is only 5 years old but he looks big for his age.
The steak is overcooked and it tastes burnt.
例子中,"he looks big" 和 "it tastes burnt" 中動詞后面都接上形容詞而不是副詞,因為 big 和 burnt 分別修飾的對象是主語(代名詞)"he" 和 "it",而不是 "looks" 和 "tastes" 的動作。
同理,在 "came home happy" 一句,happy 也是修飾 Tom 這個人。當然,"came home happily" 也是對的,但意思跟 "came home happy" 不一樣,前者說的是回家的過程,而后者說的是回家后 Tom 的感覺。
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