given

 knowing about or considering a particular thing

考慮到；鑒於

Given his age , he's a remarkably fast runner .

考慮到他的年齡，他可稱得上是個很出眾的賽跑運動員了。

Given (the fact ) that he's had six months to do this, he hasn't made much progress .

鑒於他有六個月時間去完成該工作，所以現在依然進展不大。

in broad daylight

日光日白

Prepositional phrases frequently function as postnominal modifiers, usually following full NPs.

The little girl in the blue dress is my niece.

adverbs of direction

In adverbs of direction, English speakers sometimes omit the object of a preposition if it is obvious from the discourse context.

e.g. The train comes through town at midnight.

 Walk around the muddy spot. 

YOu can climb up the tree by yourself.

A car drove past our house late last night.

here, there

The forms here, there, everywhere, and anywhere can function as adverbs of direction and adverbs of place.

The baby is crawling everywhere.

e.g. I will drive there tomorrow.

Here and there are often preceded by over----

e.g. I am coming over there.  (adverbs of direction)

vs

I am staying there. (adverbs of place)

Note: "over there" is the prepositional phrase, but there is an adverb.

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adverb as prepositional complement

( 用作 介词宾 语的 副词 )
 【问】 You can just see my house from here .
h ere 在这里 是什 么词 ? 如果是 副词 , 这 是不是 说副 词可以 充当 介词的 宾语 ?

 【答】 在有限的情况下, 副词和形容词可以作介词的宾语(主要用在固定短语里):
from here, in there , over there, at once , until now , since when , at last , in brief,
before long , by far ( 参见 here1 )

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here1
near( in )here
【问】 ( 1 ) work in a middle sc hool n ear here .[《初中英语教科书》第一册( 下) , 人民教育
出版社、朗文出版集团有限公司, 1995 , p .107 ]

( 2 ) hy ar e you in h ere ? [《高中英语教科书》( 必修) 第二册( 下) , 人民教育出版
社、朗文出版集团有限公司, 1997 , p .37]

( 3 ) nce you􊳰r e in here , list en to your t each er .[ 同上, 第一册( 上) p .5 ]

我认为句中的he r e 是个名词, 而且我对学生一直是这么讲的。而您在《英语常
见问题解答大词典》( 1998 , p .33 和p .454 ) 中却说h e re 是个副词, 这使我感到
有点儿困惑。


【答】 我国出版的英汉词典, 大都把in( nea r , from) h e re 中的h er e 看作是名词, 如《新英汉
词典》、《最新高级英汉词典》、《英汉大词典》等都是这么处理的。但是, 这种处理方法虽
然容易被学生接受, 但是有一个很大的缺点: 必须把大量没有名词语法特点的副词和形
容词, 如( from) he r e, ( ove r) the r e, ( a t ) on ce, ( sin ce )wh en , ( in) br ief , ( by ) fa r 等等视作
名词, 这显然是违背词的分类原则的, ( 它们没有复数形式, 没有所有格形式等等) , 因此,
许多英美出版的英英词典和英语语法著作( CGEL) 把上面的词仍看作是副词或形容词,
并明确提出, 副词和形容词可以作介词的宾语。例如, NODE( 1998) 对h e re 和t he r e 是这
么注释的。
here􊲣adverb . . .[ a f te r pr ep ] I􊳰m get t ing out o f here .
there􊲣adverb . . .[ a ft e r pre p] I􊳰m not going in there— it􊳰s fr eezing .
薄冰教授主编的《高级英语语法》( p .601 ) 也明确提出“ 有些表示地点、时间的副词可
以作介词的宾语, 如h er e 和the r e . . .”
下面是一些常见的副词与介词的搭配:
from he r e, in t he r e, ove r t he r e, at once , unt il now, since w he n , be for e long , by
f a r , from a broa d , from b elow

1. Ge t out of he r e . 滚出去!
2. Come o ver here ! ( CGEL) 到这边来!
3. Do you liv e near h ere ? ( 同上) 你住在附近吗?
4. H ow f a r is th e town f rom here ? 该城离这里有多远?
5. Why did you br ing t ha t dog in h ere ? 你为什么把那条狗带到这里来了?

abroad

Many one-word adverbs were originally prepositional phrases:

aboard= on board

adverbs of directions

They waded into the water.

The horses galloped across the meadow.

The baby crawled up the stairs.


...climbed over the fence.

hindsight / In hindsight,

the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened

後見之明，事後孔明

With (the benefit/wisdom of) hindsight, I should have taken the job.

現在想想，我真應該接受那份工作。

In hindsight, it would have been better to wait.

事後看來，等一等會更好。

grow from strength to strength

growing from strength to strength

不断发 展壮大

in the view of ...認為

Furthermore, in the view of the Advisory Committee, greater attention should be given to cooperation and collaboration with [...]

此外咨询 委员会认为，应更多地注意与联合 国各机构、基金和方案的合作和协 作，包括进行可能的分摊成本安排，以及利用各会员国提供的自愿支 助。

in accordance with

The plug must be plugged into an outlet that is properly installed and grounded in accordance with all local codes and ordinances.

必须将该插头插入按照当地规定和要求正确安装并接地的电 源插座上。

for a specified period of time

在指明期間內

在適當時候

in due course

As to 與As for 的分別

兩者也解至於, 例如: My father has retired. As for my mother, she will retire soon.

留意兩者都不能用在文章的開頭, 因為As to 和As for 都是轉折詞, 是繼承前面的說話.

而兩者分別在於, As to 可跟wh-clause, 例如:

I have no idea as to where he has gone. 

I am uncertain when he will be back. 

from overseas

問:"Overseas", as far as I am concerned, is an adjective or an adverb. If "from overseas" is a correct phrase, why is it grammatical? "From" is a preposition, and it should be followed by a noun, not an adjective, nor an adverb.

有人答:overseas could also means countries or territories across the sea or ocean.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/overseas


參：http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/168652/why-is-from-overseas-grammatical?noredirect=1#comment350768_168652


我說:

Preposition is by definition followed by nouns only

但其實, 在from overseas, overseas 是副詞. 即使勉強說overseas是名詞,那from here又怎樣? over here呢?

根本以下這些都是介詞+副詞: from here, in there , over there, at once , until now , since when , at last , in brief , before long , by far

它們均是fixed expressions.

to be in someone's shoes

易地而處

at odds

be at odds

to disagree

They're at odds over the funding of the project.

Her version of events was at odds with (= very different from) the police report. 

in the nick of time

in the nick of time

at the last possible moment

We got there just in the nick of time. 

at no time vs in no time

in no time代表「很快」: I will come in no time.

at no time 代表「從不」: At no time have I promised to buy you flowers. 

高官 cliche 一號

at the end of the day