【问】 He had two horses shot.我将这个句子译为：他让人射杀了两匹马。不知对否?
 【答】 这种句型一般可作两种解释：一是表示主语有意志的行为，have具有使役意义。例如：
 1. We ought to have her examined by a doctor.
 我们应当让她找医生给检查一下。
 2. You’d better have that bad tooth pulled out.
 你最好找医生把那颗坏牙拔掉。
 二是表示“遭遇”、“经历”，此时句子所表示的动作是违背主语的意愿的。例如：
 1. The old woman had her handbag stolen.
 这位老太太被偷了手提包。
 2. King Charles I had his head cut off.
 国王查尔斯一世被砍了头。
 3. John had his house burned down last night.
 约翰的房子昨夜被烧毁了。
 4. He had his leg broken.
 他的腿弄断了。
 你所提问的He had two horses shot.这个句子是有歧义的。按照第一种用法，它的意思是：“他叫人射杀了两匹马。”按照第二种用法，它的意思是：“他的两匹马被(敌人)射死了。”
 与此相类似，John had a book stolen from the library.这个句子也是有歧义的。按照第一种用法(have具有“使役”意义)，它的意思是：“约翰叫人从图书馆里偷走了一本书。”(Johnarranged for a book to be stolen from the library.);按照第二种用法(have具有“遭遇”意义)，它的意思是：“约翰在图书馆里被偷走了一本书。”(John suffered the loss of a book from thelibrary.)。此外，还可把stolen看作是book的后置定语，这样，这个句子还具有第三种意思：“他有一本从图书馆里偷来的书。”(John had a book (which was) stolen from the library.)
 (参见CGEL，§16.54)
 请做下面的英语试题：
 1. I am going to have my letters type tomorrow afternoon if I’ve got them ready bythen. (EPT 教程)
 2. She’s going to the photogragher’s____.
 A. to take her photograph B. to have taken her photograph
 C. to have her photograph taken D. that he takes her photograph(Nelson，250C)
 你所提问的句子可能还有第三种含义，请见have sth. done²。