英語動詞語態(tài):需要注意的問題
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? ? ? 語態(tài)表示主語和謂語的關(guān)系。語態(tài)有兩種:主動語態(tài)和被動語態(tài)。如果主語是動作的執(zhí)行者,或者是說動作是由主語完成的,要用主動語態(tài),如:We speak Chinese in China.在中國我們說漢語;如果主語是動作的承受者,或者是說動作不是由主語而是由其他人完成的,則用被動語態(tài),如:Chinese is spoken by us in China.在中國漢語被我們說。
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使用被動語態(tài)應(yīng)注意的幾個(gè)問題
1. 不及物動詞無被動語態(tài)。
What will happen in 100 years.
The dinosaurs disappeared about 65 million years ago.
2. 有些動詞用主動形式表示被動意義。
This pen writes well.
This new book sells well.
3. 感官動詞或使役動詞使用省略to的動詞不定式,主動語態(tài)中不帶to,但變?yōu)楸粍诱Z態(tài)時(shí),須加上to。
例:make somebody do something→somebody+ be +made to do something
? ? ? see somebody do something→somebody +be +seen to do something
The boss made the little boy do heavy work.→The little boy was made to do heavy work by the boss.?
4. 如果是接雙賓語的動詞改為被動語態(tài)時(shí),直接賓語(物)作主語,那么動詞后要用介詞,這個(gè)介詞是由與其搭配的動詞決定。
He gave me a book.→A book was given to me by him.
He showed me a ticket.→A ticket was shown to me by him.
5. 一些動詞短語用于被動語態(tài)時(shí),動詞短語應(yīng)當(dāng)看作一個(gè)整體,而不能丟掉其中的介詞或副詞。
We can’t laugh at him. →He can’t be laughed at by us.