Prepositional phrases are generally used as complements; not objects.

介词短语通常用作语; 不用作宾语。

The complement is the thing you add after a verb to make a sentence complete.

语是在动词后面加的东西，使句子保持完整。

A complement can have many different forms.

语可以有许多不同的形式。

You need a complement after getting up to complete the idea.

在“getting up”之后，你需要一个语使其完整。

Unlike intransitive verbs, transitive verbs take one or more complements.

与不及物动词不同，及物动词需要一个或多个语。

It doesn't make sense because the sun needs a complement.

这说不通，因为太阳需要一个语。

The idea of complements isn't just for the first verb in the sentence.

语不仅仅是为了充句子中的第一个动词。

She likes getting up before… Before also needs a complement.

她喜欢在… … 之前起床。“Before”也需要一个语。

At this point, we want to teach you a word: complement.

说到这里，我们要大家一个词：语。

The adjective is sometimes called the subject complement, meaning it completes the verb and modifies or describes the subject.

形容词有时被称为主语语，意思是某一动作的结果，修饰或描述主语。

So in this situation it's an object complement.

所以在这种情况下它是一个宾语语。

Tall is the subject complement to the subject " he" .

Tall 是主语“他” 的主语语。

A noun can also be a subject complement, not an object.

名词也可以是主语语， 而不是宾语。

" Waking up early." It can be a subject complement.

“ 起床早。”它可以是主题语。

So here, we have infinitives used as subject complements.

所以在这里，我们将不定式用作主语语。

But used as a complement, the phrase becomes a full sentence.

但用作语时， 该短语就变成了一个完整的句子。

" to look" – plus other words that are complements, or go with the verb.

、“to look” ——加上其他语， 或与动词一起使用。

It's also a good idea to study verb complements and learn what structures you can or can't use after a verb.

学习动词语，学习动词后可以使用或不可以使用的结构也是一个好主意。

You also need to know whether the verb needs a complement, and what complements are — or aren't — possible.

你还需要知道动词是否需要语，可以加什么语，不能加什么语。

One feature of intransitive verbs is that they do not require a complement.

不及物动词的一个特点是不需要语（complement）。