Get-Passive明确地表示做出动作的时间,而Be-Passive则表示动作造成的状态的持续时限。例如:
At that time he was not yet married, but he got married in 1920. [当时他还没有结婚,但他在1920年结婚了。]
因为Get-Passive具有这一语义特点,所以以下一句不能成立:
* He got married a long time.
但我们可以说:He was married a long time. [他结婚很长时间了。]
就感情色彩而言, Get-Passive一般都有不利、不幸、不愉快或不如意的意义色彩;而Be-Passive可以表示褒义、贬义或中性意义。例如:
John got arrested by the police. [约翰被警察逮捕了。]
Mariah got dismissed from the service. [玛丽亚被解雇了。]
某些动词用于Get-Passive时,虽然在形式上是被动的,但在意义上却是主动的。例如:
We got started at noon. = We started at noon. [我们中午开始。]
Good-bye and write me as soon as you get settled. = Good-bye and write me as soon as you settle. [再见,你安顿下来后尽快给我写信。]
这类动词还有confuse[迷惑]、divorce[离婚]、dress[穿着]、engage[订婚]、lost[迷路]、marry[结婚]、wash[洗净]等。
最后一提的是,由动词get构成的成语,如get hell[受严厉处罚]、get hot[恼怒,生气]、get nowhere[无效,徒劳]、get out[出去,离开]、get rid of[摆脱,除去]、get through with[做完,办完]等就有近百条。这些成语既有字面意义,又有引申意义或比喻意义。它们是英语宝库中的明珠,其用法同样值得学习者掌握。
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