| 词组 | verbs with both active and passive meanings |
| 释义 | Contents overview verbs with both active and passive meaningsbend: active or passive meaningbend: active or passive meaning active or passive meaning 9.210232break: active or passive meaningbreak: active or passive meaning active or passive meaning 9.210260crack: active or passive meaningcrack: active or passive meaning active or passive meaning 9.210413melt: active or passive meaningmelt: active or passive meaning active or passive meaning 9.211096move: active or passive meaningmove: active or passive meaning active or passive meaning 9.111137polish: active or passive meaningpolish: active or passive meaning active or passive meaning 9.211369scratch: active or passive meaningscratch: active or passive meaning active or passive meaning 9.211549stain: active or passive meaningstain: active or passive meaning active or passive meaning 911669tear: active or passive meaningtear: active or passive meaning active or passive meaning 9.2117409 verbs with both active and passive meanings1She opened the door. / The door opened.Some verbs are used transitively and intransitively with different kinds of subject. The intransitive use has a meaning rather like a passive (57) or reflexive (178) verb. Compare:–She opened the door.The door opened.–The wind's moving the curtain.The curtain's moving.–Marriage has really changed her.She's changed a lot since she got married.–We're selling a lot of copies of your book.Your book's selling well.–Something woke her.Suddenly she woke.–I can't start the car.The car won't start.2It scratches easily.The intransitive structure is used with many verbs referring to things we can do to materials: e.g. bend, break, crack, melt, polish, scratch, stain, tear, unscrew.Be careful what you put on the table – it scratches easily. (= You can easily scratch it.)These glasses are so fragile: they break if you look at them.The carpet's made of a special material that doesn't stain.The handle won't unscrew – can you help me?Previous Next |
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