动词主动形式表示被动意义的用法

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动词主动形式表示被动意义的用法

英语中,有些动词可以以主动形式表示被动意义。如果认真掌握形式主动、意义被动的用法,可避免翻译和理解上的错误。这里将这一语法点详述如下:

1.表示“需要”意思的一些动词,如need, require, want等后接动名词时,用动名词的主动形式表示被动意义。如:

The flowers want watering.

这些花需要浇水。

2.write, drive, sell, paint, wash, wear, open, read, cut等动词跟well, easily等副词连用时,用主动形式表示被动意义。如:

The car drives well.

这车很好开。

3.某些日常用语和行业用语中,常用动词主动形式的进行时表示被动意义,像do, cook, print, copy, build等词。如:

The meat is cooking.

肉正在炖。

4.表示“发生、传播”意义的动词,如happen, take place,

break out, spread等,常用主动形式表示被动意义。如:

The news spread in a small village.

消息在一个小村庄传开了。

5.有些连系动词和感官动词如seem, appear, get, smell, taste,

sound, remain等,常用主动形式表示被动意义。如:

He appears clever.

他似乎很聪明。

6.一些形容词如easy, difficult, hard, comfortable, dangerous,

handsome, pleasant等后接不定式的主动形式来表示被动意义。如:

The question is difficult to answer.

这个问题难回答。

7.在短语“be worth doing”中doing与该句的主语为动宾关系,也是主动形式表示被动意义。如:

The song is worth singing.

这首歌很值得唱。

8.too… to…结构中,不定式以主动形式表示被动意义。如:

The place is too far to reach.

这个地方远得没法到达。

9.不定式修饰句子主语时,以主动形式表示被动意义。如:

The next step for us to take is to set up a school.

我们下一步要建立一所学校。

巩固练习:

1.This is not easy _________________. A.to be explaining

B.to be explained

C.to explain

D.explained

2.They considered it a right thing ______________.

A.to do

B.to be doing

C.to be done

D.done

3.The production here ___________________ a lot.

A.has been improved

B.is improved

C.has improved

D.is improving

4.Sheep ______________________ chiefly on grass.

A.feed

B.feeding

C.was fed

D.were fed

5.Those books which __________________ often _______________

well.

A.are well received; are sold

B.are well received; sell

C.well received; sell

D.were well received; sell

6.The thief ________________ when he was stealing a wallet

from a woman.

A.happened to notice

B.was happened to notice

C.was happened to be noticed D.happened to be noticed

7.The Chinese Communist Party ___________________ in

Shanghai in 1921.

A.was found

B.found

C.was founded

D.founded

8.—Do you like the material?

—Yes, it ____________________ very soft.

A.is feeling

B.felt

C.feels

D.is felt

Key:

1.C 2.A 3.C 4.A

5.B 6.D 7.C 8.C