英语中少数动词的过去式和过去分词有两种形式/写法。有的用法上没有区别,有的意义上和用法上都有所不同。
1. A desire of revenge ____ within me.
2. The woman has ____ her fingers.
句2用burnt。用作形容词,也作及物动词的过去式和过去分词。
burn one’s fingers是个习语,表示“因不谨慎或管闲事而吃亏”。
1. I saw a ____ man lying on the ground.
2. John was dead ____ yesterday.
句2用drunk。也可作形容词,但只能作表语。
1. The man was ____ for a crime.
2. His pictures were ____ in the gallery.
句2用hung。它是“挂”“垂下”“徘徊”等的过去式和过去分词。
1. The old fellow looks like a ____ man, yet he is illiterate.
2. He ____ the news from the newspaper.
句2用learnt或learned。均可作谓语,意为“学会”“了解”。
1. He held a ____ lamp and entered his study.
2. Suddenly a smile ____ up her face.
句2用lit。常作谓语动词。
1. As it happened my advice ____ to be wrong.
2. He is a man of ____ ability.
句2用proven。常作形容词,修饰名词。
1. The visitors were ____ by the beautiful scenery there.
2. She was ____ to the heart by her son’s death.
句2用stricken。借喻“打击”。此外,该词还能作表语或定语用。如:
He is well-stricken in years.他已到了垂暮之年。
1. They tried to find the ____ ship but failed.
2. The ship was ____ with all on board.
句2用sunk。也可作形容词,但只作表语。