1.状态系动词:be
She is always like that.她总是那样。
I am used to going about alone.我习惯于独来独往。
These shoes are too tight for me.这双鞋我穿太小。
2.持续系动词:keep,remain,stay,rest,lie,stand
I hope you’ll keep fit.我希望你身体好。
The door remained closed.门仍然关着。
He stayed single.他仍然是单身。
keep silent/silence 保持安静 keep fit 保持健康
keep quiet 保持安静 keep warm 保暖
lie unknown 未知的 stand still 站立不动
stay awake 保持清醒 stay open 开业中
3.表像系动词:seem,appear,look
He looks tired.他看起来很累。
The doctor seemed very capable.那医生似乎很能干。
He appeared quite well.他看上去身体相当好。
4.感官系动词:look feel,smell,sound,taste
He looks honest,but actually he’s a cheat.他看起来很老实,实际他是个骗子。
Everybody feels contented.每个人都感到很满足。
It sounds a good idea.这听起来是个好主意。
This food tastes good.这菜好吃。
【提示】
①feel表示某人自身的感觉时,一般用进行时。
Are you feeling better now? 你现在好点了吗?
I am feeling better.我觉得好点了。
②feel表示触摸某物的感觉时,意为“摸起来……”,不用进行时。
【辨析】这种布摸起来很软。
【正】This kind of cloth feels very soft.
【误】This kind of cloth is felt very soft.
5.变化系动词:become,grow,turn,fall,get,go,come,run
He became mad after that.自那之后,他疯了。
She had grown thinner and thinner.她越来越瘦了。
When she saw this,she turned red.她看到这,脸红了。
Several people fell ill,victims of blood poisoning.
几个人生病了,都是血中毒的受害者。
We get wiser as we get old.随着年岁的增长,我们也变得聪明些了。
Your hair has gone quite white! 你的头发全白了!
(1)fall asleep 入睡 fall ill 生病
fall silent 静默 fall a victim 成为牺牲品
(2)go asleep 入睡 go bad (食物等)腐败变质
go blind 失明 go hungry 挨饿
go mad 发狂 go mad with joy 欣喜若狂
go red with anger 气得(满脸)通红 go wrong 堕落,走入歧途
(3)run dry 变干 run cold 变冷
run low 不够了 run short 缺乏
run smooth 进展顺利 run wild 无人管
6.终止系动词:prove,turn out
His story proved false.他讲的情况原来是假的。
My intuition turned out to be correct.我的直觉证明是对的。
【提示】 prove,turn out后可以接to be不定式作表语,也可以省略to be。