副词alike是修饰动词还是名词呢？

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To fight deforestation the group also plants trees in big cities and small villages alike.

请教老师，句尾副词alike是修饰动词还是名词呢？

alike做副词时意为：in the same way，所以它只能修饰谓语动词，表示方法，而不是修饰农村和城市。