1. Nouns as adverbials indicate time.
In English, when nouns are used as adverbials, they are usually used to indicate time. In other words, nouns indicating time are used as adverbials in some collocations. For example:
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
See you next week. See you next week.
See you Saturday. See you Saturday.
I am always busy after noon.
We watch TV most nights. We watch TV most nights.
He used to come here on Sundays. He used to come every Sunday.
They take care of the child day and night. They look after the child day and night.
Second, nouns as adverbials indicate places.
English nouns can sometimes be used as adverbials of place, but their collocation is very limited. The more common usage is mainly found in the following similar sentences:
The Great Wall is world-famous. The Great Wall is world-famous.
This lathe is made in China. This machine tool is made in China.
Watches made in Shanghai are of good quality. It is made in Shanghai. This watch is of good quality.
You can follow me. I'm going that way, too. You can follow me, and I will go in that direction.
Third, nouns as adverbials indicate distance.
When nouns are used as adverbials to express distance, they are mainly found in the structure of a long way. For example:
They sailed a long way. They sailed a long way.
He lives far away. He lives far away from here.
He walked a long way today. He walked a long way today.
Fourth, nouns as adverbials.
When nouns are used as adverbials, they mainly appear in some special collocation. For example:
Please don't talk to me like that. Please don't talk to me like that.
Connect these tables end to end. Put these tables one by one.
They walked hand in hand in the street. They walked down the street hand in hand.
He was seen walking arm in arm with a lady. He was seen walking arm in arm with a lady.
We must serve the people wholeheartedly. We must serve the people wholeheartedly.
5. Nouns as adverbials indicate concessions
When nouns are used as adverbials to express concessions, they are mainly found in some "noun+or+noun" structures. For example:
East or west, home is the best. A nest of gold and silver is not worth a nest of grass.
The sun is the same in winter or summer. The sun itself is the same in winter and summer.
The sports meeting will be held rain or shine. Rain or shine, the sports meeting will be held as usual.
Rain or shine, we must reach our destination before dawn. In any case, we must reach our destination before dawn.
Sixth, the expression conditions of nouns as adverbials
Nouns as adverbials sometimes indicate conditions. For example:
A little pain, a little gain. Less effort, less gain.
This usage is more common in the structure of "noun (phrase)+and+single sentence expressing imperative meaning". For example:
One more word and you'll be thrown overboard. One more word and I'll throw you overboard.
Seven. Degree of noun as adverbial
In some fixed collocations, some nouns can be used as adverbials to express the degree. Such as dark, cold, dirty, tired, deaf, dry and so on.
In addition, some nouns are used to indicate the degree before the comparative degree. For example:
He is a head taller than me.
You are only one month younger than me.
Your shoes are two yuan cheaper than mine. Your shoes are two yuan cheaper than mine.
English adverbial
The function of adverbial: the adverbial explains the place, time, reason, purpose, result, condition, direction, degree, way and accompanying adverbial.
Adverbials generally take adverbs, prepositional phrases, participles and participle phrases, infinitives or words or phrases equivalent to adverbs. Its position is usually placed at the beginning of a sentence, but it can also be placed at the end of a sentence or in a sentence.
Adverbials are words used to modify verbs, adjectives, adverbs or the whole sentence, explaining concepts such as time, place, degree and way.
Adverbs are generally used as adverbials in sentences.
He speaks English very well. He speaks English very well.
Among them, "hen" is an adverbial of degree, which is used to modify "very good" and "very good" is an adverbial of degree to modify "speaking".
2. infinitives can be used as adverbials of purpose in sentences.
I came to see you specially. I came to see you.
3. Preposition phrases
She usually gets up at seven in the morning.
She usually gets up at seven in the morning.
"In the morning" is a prepositional phrase, which is used as an adverbial of time in sentences.
The boy was praised for his bravery.
The boy was praised for his bravery.
"For his bravery" is a prepositional phrase, which is used as an adverbial of reason in a sentence to explain why the boy is praised.
4. Clauses as adverbials
/kloc-When she was 0/2 years old, she began to live in Dalian.
She/kloc-started living in Dalian at the age of 0/2.
Here When leads to adverbial of time, and the clause acts as adverbial of time in the main clause.
If I am not busy tomorrow, I will play football with you.
If I am not busy tomorrow, I will play football with you.
Here If leads the conditional adverbial, and the clause acts as the conditional adverbial clause in the main clause.
5. past participles as adverbials
Faced with this situation, what should we do?