题目

请问：They were worried.
They were worried.
请问：这句的意思是“他们”担心别人?还是他们自己被担心?

提问时间：2020-08-09

答案

这是一个很经典的问题了
它确实是放到被动语法里讲的,但要表达的是以下的意思：
有些动词短语本身即是被动语态的形式,但并不表示被动,而表示主动,
这个句子是be worried句型,大家别误认为是被动语态了.这种动词过去分词作为形容词使用,来表示有关人的情感方面.常用的有
be covered with be surprised at
be interested in be worried about
be made of/from be known to
句子比如：
We
were amused by his funny stories.我们都被他的滑稽故事逗乐了.
I’m pleased with what you’ve
done.我对你所做的感到满意.
We were surprised at the news.我们对这消息很吃惊.