Working hard,you'll succeed.
=If you work hard,you'll succeed.
努力工作,你会成功的。
4.作让步状语,相当于让步状语从句
动词ing 短语作让步状语,相当于一个让步状语从句,有时它的前面可带有连词although,whether,even if,even though等。
Admitting what she said,I still think that she hasn't tried her best.
=Although/Though I admit what she said,I still think that she hasn't tried her best.
尽管承认她所说的话,但我仍然认为她没有尽最大的努力。
5.作方式状语或伴随状语
He walked down the river,singing softly to himself.
=He walked down the river and sang softly to himself.
他沿着河流一边走,一边轻轻地唱。
6.表示结果,作结果状语,相当于结果状语从句。
通常放在句末,中间有逗号隔开,表示一种自然的、顺理成章的结果。
His parents died in the war,leaving him an orphan.
=His parents died in the war so that he became an orphan.
他的父母在战争中死亡,以致他成了孤儿。
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不一样的结果状语
现在分词作结果状语,是随着谓语动词的发生而产生的自然结果,其逻辑主语往往是前面整个句子所描述的情况,前面有时候可以加thus。而不定式作结果状语时常表示出乎意料的结果,有时前面可以加only。
二、动词ing形式作状语的注意事项
1.动词ing形式的时态
动词ing(短语)作状语时,要注意它的时间性,即注意是用其一般式(doing)还是用完成式(having done)。
当动词ing形式的动作与谓语动词的动作同时发生或几乎同时发生时,用