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" .

剑桥英语语法称这些为" 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.

我正在添加一个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。

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”是一个介词短语。

Now, these are known as passive prepositional verbs.

现在， 这些被称为被动介词动词。

So, this prepositional phrase is acting like a noun.

所，这个介词短语就像一个名词。

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一些句子。

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

- 所这是一个介词短语，正如你所说，表现得像一个形容词。

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

所，我给了你们 12 个被动介词动词。

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个介词短语是“处于良好状态”或“身体状况不佳”。

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

So of glass 这个介词短语在这里表现得像一个形容词。

Now let's look at advanced prepositional phrases.

现在让我们看看介词短语。