核心结构:be + 过去分词 (V3)
-
主动语态:主语(执行者) + 动词 + 宾语(承受者)
- 例如:
The cat (主语)chased (动词)the mouse (宾语).
- 例如:
-
被动语态:主语(原主动句的宾语/承受者) + be (变形) + 过去分词 (V3) + (by + 原主动句的主语/执行者)
- 例如:
The mouse (主语,原承受者)was chased (be + V3)(by the cat) (执行者).
- 例如:
被动语态的核心使用场景:
-
强调动作的承受者(而非执行者):
-
当承受者比执行者更重要、更值得关注时。
- 主动:
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.(强调贝尔发明) - 被动:
The telephone was invented in 1876 (by Alexander Graham Bell).(强调电话被发明)
- 主动:
-
新闻标题、科技报告、流程描述中常用,突出事件或事物本身。
Thirty people were killed in the earthquake.(强调遇难人数)The new hospital will be opened next month.(强调医院开放)
-
-
不知晓或不关心动作的执行者是谁:
-
当不知道谁做了某事,或者谁做的不重要时。
My car was stolen last night.(不知道谁偷的)English is spoken here.(谁说的不重要,强调语言使用情况)The road is being repaired.(谁在修路不是重点)
-
-
委婉或客观,避免提及执行者:
-
在正式场合、报告或为了显得礼貌、客观时,避免直接指出责任方。
A mistake was made in the calculation.(比Someone made a mistake...更委婉,不想或不便指出谁犯错)It is believed that.../It is said that.../It is recommended that...(常用固定表达,保持客观)Your application has been received.(官方通知,客观陈述)
-
-
描述客观事实、普遍真理或科学原理:
The heart is located in the chest.(客观事实)Water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen.(科学原理)Breakfast is served between 7 and 10 am.(常规安排)
-
正式或学术写作中:
-
为了使文章显得更客观、更注重研究结果或过程而非研究者本身。
The experiment was conducted under controlled conditions.Significant differences were observed between the two groups.Further research is needed to confirm these findings.
-
不同时态的被动语态构成:
被动语态需要将助动词 be 变成对应的时态形式,后面加上主要动词的过去分词 (V3)。
| 时态 | 主动语态示例 | 被动语态示例 |
|---|---|---|
| 一般现在时 | They clean the room | The room is cleaned (by them). |
| 一般过去时 | They cleaned the room | The room was cleaned (by them). |
| 一般将来时 (will) | They will clean the room | The room will be cleaned (by them). |
| 现在进行时 | They are cleaning the room | The room is being cleaned (by them). |
| 过去进行时 | They were cleaning the room | The room was being cleaned (by them). |
| 现在完成时 | They have cleaned the room | The room has been cleaned (by them). |
| 过去完成时 | They had cleaned the room | The room had been cleaned (by them). |
| 将来完成时 (will have) | They will have cleaned the room | The room will have been cleaned (by them). |
| 情态动词 (can, must...) | They must clean the room | The room must be cleaned (by them). |
| 情态动词+完成式 | They must have cleaned the room | The room must have been cleaned (by them). |
重要注意事项和特殊点:
-
By 短语:
- 执行者不必总是出现。只有当执行者身份是重要信息时,才用
by + 执行者。 - 使用被动时,首先要考虑是否需要提及执行者。大多数被动句没有
by短语。
- 执行者不必总是出现。只有当执行者身份是重要信息时,才用
-
双宾语动词的被动:
-
有些动词(如
give, send, show, tell, offer, teach)可以接两个宾语(直接宾语-物,间接宾语-人)。 -
这类动词有两种被动形式,可以将其中任何一个宾语变成主语:
- 主动:
Someone gave [him] (IO) [a book] (DO). - 被动 1 (以间接宾语为主语):
He was given a book (by someone).(更常用) - 被动 2 (以直接宾语为主语):
A book was given to him (by someone).(需要加介词to/for)
- 主动:
-
-
带不定式( to do )的动词的被动:
-
感官动词 (
see, hear, observe) 和使役动词 (make, let) 在主动语态后接省略to的不定式,但在被动语态中,必须恢复to:- 主动:
I saw him cross the street.(cross 前无 to) - 被动:
He was seen **to** cross the street (by me).(to 必须加上) - 主动:
They made us work late.(work 前无 to) - 被动:
We were made **to** work late (by them).(to 必须加上)
- 主动:
-
-
-ing 形式的被动:
-
being + V3 用于动词后面需要接
-ing形式的结构中:He hates **being interrupted**.The house needs **painting** / needs **to be painted**.(两种表达方式均可)I remember **being taken** to the zoo as a child.
-
-
短语动词的被动语态:
-
许多由“动词 + 介词/副词”构成的短语动词(如
look after, turn down, put off, carry out)可以有被动语态。介词/副词不能省略。- 主动:
They will **call off** the meeting. - 被动:
The meeting will be **called off**. - 主动:
Someone **broke into** my house. - 被动:
My house was **broken into**.
- 主动:
-
-
“Get被动”:
-
在非正式口语中,有时用
get + V3代替be + V3,通常表示遭受、事件的发生或强调动作结果(通常不涉及执行者)。He got hurt in the accident.(受伤了)My watch got broken.(表坏了)We got married last year.(结婚 - 强调事件完成)
-
-
避免过度使用被动语态:
- 虽然被动很有用,但在强调执行者责任或需要更简洁有力的情况下,主动语态往往更直接、更有力。
- 在写作中,需要根据表达意图灵活选择主动或被动。
总结:
使用被动语态的关键在于判断:
- 你想要强调什么?(承受者、动作本身,还是执行者?)
- 执行者是谁重要吗?(不知道?不关心?不便说?)
- 语体和语境是什么?(正式报告、日常交谈、科技论文?)
熟练掌握被动语态能让你表达更丰富、更精确,更能适应不同的语言环境。练习时多注意不同时态和动词类型的被动形式构造。