He did not answer and was to all appearance asleep.was to后面为什么可以接名词

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He did not answer and was to all appearance asleep.was to后面为什么可以接名词

to all appearance意思是明显地 作状语,修饰asleep这个形容词.
其实意思上to all appearance=obviously.句子结构其实就是be+(状语)+adj,was和to不是连在一起的.