Prepositional phrases are generally used as complements; not objects.

介词短语通常用作补语; 不用作宾语。

Let's start with common prepositional phrases.

让我们从常见的介词短语开始。

The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language calls these " prepositional modifiers" .

剑桥英语语法为" 介词修饰语" 。

Other grammatical forms can be subjects too, like noun clauses and prepositional phrases.

其他语法形式也可做主语，比如名词从句和介词短语。

I'm adding a prepositional phrase as a complement to my independent clause.

我正在添介词短语作为我的独立条款的补充。

Daughter-in-law. This compound noun is made of a noun and a prepositional phrase.

Daughter-in-law。该复合名词由名词和介词短语组成。

You will learn about sentence patterns, adjectives, and adjectival prepositional phrases.

你将学习句型、形容词和形容词介词短语。

We often use a prepositional phrase starting with " on" to tell who is suffering the harm.

我们经常使用“on”开头的介词短语来表示谁受到了伤害。

But in the second part of the sentence, we don't use a reflexive pronoun in the prepositional phrase.

但是在句子的第二部分，我们没有在介词词组中使用反身代词。

Sometimes English speakers replace an adjective with a kind of phrase known as an adjectival prepositional phrase.

有时说英语的人会用形容词介词短语代替形容词。

Instead of a prepositional phrase, " In my birthday, " we can just start the sentence with " No one."

我们可用“No one”来代替介词短语“In my birthday”。

" Despite the fact" is a prepositional phrase.

“尽管事实”是介词短语。

Now, these are known as passive prepositional verbs.

现在， 被为被动介词动词。

So, this prepositional phrase is acting like a noun.

所，介词短语就像名词。

Try to make some more sentences with either the verbs, prepositional phrases, or the nouns that we talked about today.

试着用我们今天讲过的动词、介词短语或名词多造句子。

So this is a prepositional phrase that, as you said, is behaving like an adjective.

- 所是介词短语，正如你所说，表现得像形容词。

Two common prepositional phrases we use for talking about physical health is being " in shape" or " out of shape."

我们在谈论身体健康时常用的两介词短语是“处于良好状态”或“身体状况不佳”。

So, I have given you guys 12 passive prepositional verbs.

所，我给了你们 12 被动介词动词。

So of glass here, this prepositional phrase, is behaving like an adjective.

So of glass 介词短语在里表现得像形容词。

Now let's look at advanced prepositional phrases.

现在让我们看看高级介词短语。