表示位置的副词 作表语时说明主语的状态或特征(above, across, inside, upstairs)；表示动作方向的副词作表语时是有动作意义(up, down, on, in, off, out); well off, up to等副词短语亦可作表语。例如：
Time is up. 时间到了。（指结束的时间）
The cruel man is up to anything. 那个残忍的人是什么都能干得出的。
Spring is in. 春天来了。
Jack was down with a fever. 杰克因发烧卧床。
The Democratic Party is now in. 共和党在执政。
Is the fire still in? 火还在烧吗？
Oranges are now in. 桔子已经上市了。
Is the TV on? 电视机开着吗？
A new film is in. 一部新影片正在上映。
The conservative Party is out. 保守党下台了。
This kind of cap is out. 这种帽子已经不流行了。
What's up? 发生了什么事？
He was up late last night. 他昨晚睡得很迟。
The gas is off. 煤气关上了。
The village is ten miles off. 离那个村庄有10里路。
One of the tyres is down. 一只轮胎没气了。
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