Question

求大神帮忙分析下这句英语的句子成分（they were not taken seriously）

新概念英语3中有一句，they were not taken seriously;
为什么were not taken做谓语，
不应该是 were做谓语，taken是宾语吗？
seriously是程度状语， 不是要在形容词之前吗

Answer 1

 分析如下：
they 主语；were not系动词； taken表语； seriously副词做状语。
they were not taken seriously：
意思是：
他们没有当真。

追问

我查语法书说，程度状语要在形容词之前，为什么这个是在 taken后啊；
可以说 they were not seriously taken 吗

追答

前后都可以的。taken在这里以过去分词做表语。因此seriously就可以放在句尾。

Answer 2

they were not taken seriously.他们没有被认真对待。是个被动语态的句子。
句子结构是个主系表的结构： 主：they, 谓语were not， 表语： taken(形容词作表语）状语： seriously
seriously是作they were not taken的状语。