live是不及物动词,肯定不能用于被动语态,但是live in是不及物动词后接介词的用法,这样它就是及物的了,如可以说live in the room, live in the house等。请问一下,这样的句子可以用于被动语态吗?比如下面一句:
The house is new and has never been lived in. 这房子是新的,还从未有人住过。
波老师:
句子The house is new and has neverbeen lived in(这房子是新的,还从未有人住过)是正确的。比如2004年的高考英语江苏卷中就有这样一题:
The ________house smells as if it hasn't been lived in for years.
A. littlewhite wooden
B. littlewooden white
C. whitewooden little
D. woodenwhite little
此题答案是A。句中就有live in 用于被动语态。
The littlewhite wooden house smells as if it hasn’t been lived in for years. 这座白色的小木屋有种怪味,似乎已有多年没人住了。
黎老师:
lives at付老师:
我认为可以。不及物动词与介词连用构成的动词短语在用法上就相当于一个及物动词,因此它是可以用于被动结构的。但是,诸如arrive at/in,belong to,suffer from等动词短语通常不用于被动结构。