关于副词的定义及作用,一般英、汉词典都有解释或说明。依据《辞海》(缩印本,1889年版),副词是“表示动作、行为、发展变化、性质、状态的程度、范围、时间等的词……副词能修饰动词、形容词,不能修饰名词,不能充当谓语,常用作状语、补语,有些还有关联作用”。Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English(1995年版)将adverb解释为:“a word or group of With regard to the definition and function of adverbs, the English and Chinese dictionaries have explanations or explanations. According to “Ci Hai” (abridged version, 1889 edition), the adverb is “a word that expresses an action, a behavior, a development change, a nature, a state’s degree, a range, a time, etc... The adverb can modify a verb or an adjective, cannot modify a noun, and cannot act as an adverb. Predicates are often used as adverbials and complements, and some are also related.” Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (1995 edition) interprets adverb as: "a word or group of