abroad 除用作主语、介词宾语和状语外,其实还可用于名词后作定语。如:
I kept a notebook on my trip abroad. 我用笔记记下我到外国旅行时的经历。
The idea of a holiday abroad is certainly appealing. 到外国度假的主意肯定大受欢迎。
The newly weds are now spending their honeymoon abroad. 新婚夫妇现正在国外度蜜月。
I was in two minds about leaving London: my friends were there, but the job abroad was a good one. 我对是否离开伦敦一事拿不定主意:伦敦有我的朋友,但是国外那份工作非常好。
abroad 可以作表语、状语、介词宾语。例如:
1. Denny was still abroad. 丹尼还在国外。(《张道真高级英语词典》abroad 词条)
这里的 abroad 是表语。
2. Japanese were not allowed to go abroad. 那时日本人不准出国。(《张道真高级英语词典》 abroad 词条)
这里的 abroad 是状语。
3. imports of cheap food from abroad 国外廉价食物的进口 (《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第8版 abroad 词条)
4. He just returned from abroad. 他刚从国外回来。(《外研社英汉多功能词典》abroad 词条 )这里的 abroad 是介词宾语。