有個小問題,英語答疑網上看到一個句子:

So over time, we took hundreds of thousands of people out of the pool of those who might want a gas station attendant job and pushed them up, toward the professional job market, adding a lot of value to society and their wallets.


toward the professional job market前后都有逗號,但這個短語仿佛不是做解釋之類的,為什么toward前為什么要加逗號,是做并列?toward那個逗號能否去掉,謝謝老師。


逗號,在語言中有哪些用途,有時要緊,有時并無關緊要。它在不少狀況下表示停頓:一個“意群”的停頓,體現語言表達的“抑揚頓挫”。比如:

pushed them up, toward the professional job market,adding a lot of value to society and their wallets.——這里面就有3個“意群”,兩次停頓:

1. push sb. up:把某人推上。(謂語)

2. toward the professional job market:朝著專業人才就業市場。(這個詞組用來表示pushed them up的方向)

3. adding a lot of value to society and their wallets:有益于社會,有益于個人收入。(目前分詞表示結果。)

最后說一下,那個逗號可以省略。有逗號也不可以并列,缺少連詞and。