homeless与homelessly

问题描述

有一道填空题：
Thousands of people were killed and many more left _________ (home) by the earthquake.
答案是填形容词homeless，但为什么不是副词homelessly呢？这里不是用于修饰动词left吗？为什么不用副词来修饰呢？谢谢解答！

老师答疑

沅老师：

此处之所以要填形容词homeless，是因为此处的真正结构是leave sb homeless（使某人处于无家可归的状态），由于句中为被动式，故导致了left与homeless用在一起。换句话说，句中的homeless其实是补语（在leave sb homeless中是宾补，在其被动式中是主补）。

Thousands of people were killed and many more (were) left homeless by the earthquake. 有成千上万的人死于地震，无家可归的更不计其数。

x老师：

这里在被动语态中作主语补足语，还原成主动语态，就是宾语补足语：

The earthquake killed thousands of people.

The earthquake left thousands of people homeless.