副词 down 的用法

Here is a rather far-fetched description of a person starting from the head down

上文的背景是介绍复合形容词,下文是用复合形容词从头往下描述一个人。         

想了解这里down是用法是什么,能看懂这里的意思是:从头往下进行描述。但是这里的down是修饰介词短语from the head吗?

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Here is a rather far-fetched description of a person starting from the head down.

英语有个常用搭配是 from...to...(从……到……),由于这里的 down 是副词,就相当于代替了介词短语 to...。比如我们说 from the waist up,意思是“腰部以上的部分”,在特定的语境中,它就相当于 from the waist to the head(从腰部到头部)。再举一些类似的例句你就明白了:

All the women were naked from the waist up. 所有的女人都赤裸着上身。

The accident left her paralyzed from the waist down. 事故后她腰部以下瘫痪了。

Most of his friends are dead from the neck up. 他的大多数朋友都笨头笨脑的。

Mud covered his pants from the knees downward. 他的裤子膝盖以下的地方满是泥巴。

有时为了更明确地表达,也可以在 up, down, downward 等副词后面加上介词短语 to...。比如,我们说from the waist up,意思是“腰部以上的部分”,它的言外之意就是“从腰部至头部”,但如果我们不是想表达“从腰部至头部”,而只是想表达“从腰部向上至颈部”,我们则会说 from the waist up to the neck(从腰部向上至颈部)。类例:

Everybody was invited, from the president down to the custodians. 每个人都邀请了,上至总裁下至保管员。

The dotted line on the map shows the path that goes from the church down to the river. 地图上的虚线指示从教堂到河边的路。

Everybody was affected by the economic crisis, from the president down to the poorest citizen. 上至总统,下至贫民,所有的人都受到了经济危机的影响。


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