2024年9月1日日曜日

[晴れ時々英語のお勉強] 中村澄子『炎の千本ノック!とことん文法徹底攻略』(祥伝社、2024年) FOCUS-11 副詞(adverb)の役割


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FOCUS-11 副詞(adverb)の役割


形容詞は名詞を修飾する。

副詞は、動詞・形容詞・他の副詞・句節文全体を修飾する。

(いくつかの例外を除き副詞は名詞を修飾しない)。


[問題文]

Cray Architects designs office buildings to the specifications of its clients, 

but does not ( ) build the facilities.


(A)exclusively

(B)mostly

(C)actually *「実際には」

(D)potentially


[構文解析]

Cray Architects/ designs/ office buildings/( to the specifications of its clients),/ 

S V O

but/*(it) does not ( ) /build /the facilities.

接 S V O


( )内は副詞

( to the specifications of its clients)は前置詞句(副詞相当)

「クライアントの仕様に合わせて」



動詞を修飾

Bob arrived late.

The presentation was mainly focused on climate change.


形容詞を修飾

Your speech  was really good.


他の副詞を修飾

Tony works very hard.


句を修飾

I saw her just a few minutes ago.

just「ほんの」


節を修飾

The information will be used only when it is necessary.

only


文全体を修飾

Unfortunately, the project didn't work out.

unfortunately「残念ながら」


[TOEICの問題文での例]

副詞が形容詞を修飾する

7.The sale was a surprisingly great success condidering 

the advertising campaign did not begin until one week 

before the event.

surprisingly→great


副詞が動詞を修飾する

16.Doe to a shceduling conflict, th4e invited guest

speaker politely declined our offer to present at next

month's conference.

politely→declined


48.The board of directors is still waiting for final

confirmation that Jessica Mathers will accept the CEO

position.

still


Featuring a state-of-the-art recording facility and 

renowned soud engineers, Shire Studios is fully 

booked until May of next year.

fully「完全に、十分に」


21.Klein Investments has skillfully maintained the trust

of its clients throughout the firm's 30 years in the 

finance industry.

skillfully「巧みに」


24.Although the conference facility had initially been

scheduled to open in spring of next year, the date has

been pushed back to mid-June.

*過去完了の受動態

initially「もともとは」


副詞が副詞を修飾する

52.A majority of employees responded surprisingly

sympathetically when asked how the company should

handle the financial crisis.

surprisingly「驚くほどに」


副詞が句を修飾する

28.Belont Publishing is currently offering a reduced 

rate specifically to encourage people to sign up for a 

three-year subscription.

specifically「特に」→ to encourage people(句)

currently → is offering 


その他の修飾例

副詞が数字を修飾する

44. By focusing its marketing on an older clientele, Kane

Clothirs was able to expand its suctomer base by

nealy 30%.

nearly「ほとんど、ほぼ」