【问】 Everything is finished between us.(我们之间一切事情都结束了。)是容易理解的，但She is finished.就不好理解了。
 【答】 be finished可用于被动语态，亦可用于系表结构。当主语是表事物的名词或代词时，fin-ished具有被动意义：
 1. The house will soon be finished. (Palmer)
 房子很快就要盖完了。
 2. The meal was finished and the argument went on.
 吃完了饭，又继续进行辩论。
 3. The war was nearly finished.
 战争几乎结束了。
 当主语是表人的名词或代词时，finished常常具有主动意义。be finished表示动作的结果或状态：
 1. At last I was finished on time.
 我终于按时干完了。
 2. I’ll be finished by six.
 我六点钟之前干完。
 3. We are not finished;quite a little is left to do. (DAI)
 我们还没有干完，还有不少的工作要做。
 4. “What a boring speaker!”“Yes，by the time he is finished，everyone____. ”
 A. will sleep B. be asleep C. will be asleep D. will fall to sleep(TOEFL，75. 11)
 be stopped，get started也有类似用法(见be done)。
 请做下面的英语试题：
 1. Tom has been writing letters all afternoon but he should be finished by now，hasn’the?
 2. “We won’t be finished until tonight.” “And they____.”
 A. will，either，B. won’t，too
 C. will，neither，D. won’t，either (TOEFL，76. 2)