Question

We stood at the top of the moutain __east of the city ,watch

Answer 1

相信你是对第一个空有疑问吧?

__east of the city 这一部分在句中充当状语,

方向词如east,west等充当状语,有两种表达方式:

1.和介词in/on/to等连用,此时east是名词;

2.方向词直接用作状语,你问的句子就是这样,此时方向词是副词;

因此,We stood at the top of the moutain east of the city ,watching a burning rising sun.

也可以写成:We stood at the top of the moutain on/to the east of the city ,watching a burning rising sun.

其中介词的用法也有讲究:

1.in 是某小地方在某大地方的一部分内,如:

Guangdong is in the east of China.

2.on 表示两个地方接壤,如Hunan is on the south of Hubei.

3.to 表两个地方不接壤 ,如:Japan is to the east of China.