第八章 動(dòng)詞的非謂語形式 現(xiàn)在分詞的句法作用

　　1.現(xiàn)在分詞在句中可構(gòu)成各種進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)：

　　It's raining hard.

　　雨下得很大。

　　What have you been doing all these years?

　　這些年來你在干什么?

　　2.除了構(gòu)成謂語外，現(xiàn)在分詞在句中還可：

　　1)用作表語：

　　The situation is encouraging.

　　形勢(shì)令人鼓舞。

　　The food looked inviting.

　　菜看起來很誘人。

　　2)用作定語：

　　China is a developing country.

　　中國(guó)是發(fā)展中國(guó)家。

　　It was a pressing meeting and all members had to attend.

　　那是一次緊急會(huì)議，所有成員都得參加。

　　3)用作狀語：

　　He was busy answering letters.

　　他在忙著回信。

　　They walked down the street.looking for their little sister.

　　他們沿著那條街走，找尋他們的小妹妹。

　　4)用來構(gòu)成復(fù)合賓語(也就是作賓語的補(bǔ)語)：

　　We saw a boy running towards us.

　　我們看見一個(gè)男孩向我們跑來。

　　We found him waiting to receive us.

　　我們看到他在等著接待我們。

　　3.現(xiàn)在分詞作表語：

　　有不少現(xiàn)在分詞可用作表語，表示主語的特征：

　　The water is quite refreshing.

　　這水使人清新。

　　One of the girls is missing.

　　有一個(gè)女孩不見了。

　　The day was so charming.

　　天氣十分怡人。

　　What he said sounded quite convincing.

　　他的話聽起來很有說服力。

　　It feels quite refreshing to take a bath after work.

　　干完活洗個(gè)澡很解乏。

　　能這樣用的分詞很多，如：amusing, charming, encouraging, confusing, disappointing, discouraging, exciting, interesting, inviting, missing, misleading, obliging, pressing, promising, puzzling, astonishing, amazing, shocking, refreshing, surprising等，其中有些已成為形容詞。