地点状语修饰带介词的动词短语时的位置

问题描述

He told me to look in the cupboard below the sink _____ what I needed.

A. for    B. with   C. over    D. through

答案是选介词 for。其解释是：look for 是一个固定搭配，只是因为在句中被地点状语 in the cupboard below the sink 隔开了。句子意思是：他叫我到洗碗池下面的柜子里找一找我需要的东西。

我要问的是：地点状语修饰带介词的动词短语时，可以放在动词与介词之间吗？为什么不把地点状语放在句末呢？

老师答疑

陈老师：

▲题目的答案是对的，解析也是对的。当地点状语修饰带介词的动词短语时，它可以放在动词与介词之间，也可以把地点状语放在句末。所以下面两句都是可以的：

He told me to look in the cupboard below the sink for what I needed.

He told me to look for what I needed in the cupboard below the sink.

均表示：他叫我到洗碗池下面的柜子里找一找我需要的东西。

▲请看下面一道高考题，也属类似情况：

Before you pay a visit to a place of interest, look in your local library ______ a book about it. (2013安徽卷)

A. on           B. at             C. for              D. to

此题答案为 C。此句也可写成：

Before you pay a visit to a place of interest, look ______ a book about it in your local library.

黎老师：

同意陈老师的看法。又如：

I've looked everywhere for my keys but I still can't find them.

= I've looked for my keys everywhere but I still can't find them .

（《韦氏高阶英语词典》）