【问】 (a) You've acted foolishly.
(b) He foolishly locked himself out.
请问foolishly应放在动词之前,还是应放在动词之后?
【答】 foolishly既可放在动词之后,也可放在动词之前,但它的功用是不同的。放在动词之后,它是修饰动词的,如句(a);放在动词之前,则是修饰整个句子的,可叫做句子状语,如句(b)。
He foolishly locked himself out.≈It was foolish of him to lock himself out.
他把自己锁在门外,真是太傻了。
在后一情况下,foolishly也可放在句首:
Foolishly I left my coat at home. (Palmer)
我把大衣忘在家里了,真是太笨了。
(参见wisely,delightfully,kindly)
赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第438-439页.