What are linking verbs?（什么是系動詞？）

A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence with more information about it. Linking verbs can be followed by nouns, pronouns or adjectives.

連系動詞連接句子的主語與關于主語的更多信息。連系動詞可以后接名詞、代詞或形容詞。

• My cat is furry. 我的貓毛茸茸的。

The verb is links the main noun, cat, with a describing word, furry. Furry is an example of an adjective.

動詞is連接主要名詞貓和描述性詞毛茸茸。毛茸茸是形容詞的一個例子。

• My childhood dog was an Akita.我的小狗是阿基塔犬。

In this sentence, the verb was links the noun dog to another noun, Akita. The second noun tells us the breed of the dog.

在這個句子中，動詞was連接名詞狗和另一個名詞阿基塔犬。第二個名詞告訴我們狗的品種。

Linking Verbs OR Action Verbs?

Linking verbs aren’t as showy as action verbs. Action verbs make people talk, dogs bark, and phones ring — behavior that you can hear, see, and do. But are there any linking verbs that are also action verbs?

Forms of be, seem, and become never function as action verbs. But many other linking verbs can act as action verbs when they’re transitive verbs — meaning that they take a direct object instead of a subject complement.

Linking verbs that refer to senses describe the subject of the sentence. When they’re used as action verbs, they refer to what the subject is doing.

連系動詞不像行為動詞那樣引人注目。行為動詞讓人們說話、狗叫、電話響起——這些是可以聽到、看到和做的行為。但是有沒有一些連系動詞也是行為動詞呢？

be、seem和become的各種形式從來不作為行為動詞。但是許多其他連系動詞在它們作為及物動詞時可以充當行為動詞——也就是說，它們接受直接賓語而不是主語補語。

指涉感官的連系動詞描述句子的主語。當它們用作行為動詞時，它們描述主語正在做什么。

.Here’s a list of 19 of the most common linking verbs.

以下是19個最常見的連系動詞列表：

1. appear（顯得）
2. feel（感覺）
3. look（看起來）
4. sound（聽起來）
5. smell（聞起來）
6. taste（嘗起來）
7. remain（保持）
8. stay（停留）
9. prove（證明）
10. turn（變得）
11. grow（變得）
12. get（變得）
13. seem（似乎）
14. appear（出現(xiàn)）
15. become（變成）
16. stay（保持）
17. prove（證明）
18. sound（聽起來）
19. look（看起來）

How do you use linking verbs? （如何使用系動詞）

Linking verbs use subject complements, which give details about the sentence’s subject. Subject complements can either be adjectives (predicate adjectives) or nouns (predicate nominatives/predicate nouns).

連系動詞使用主語補語，它們提供有關句子主語的詳細信息。主語補語可以是形容詞（謂語形容詞）或名詞（謂語名詞）。

Be

The first example of a linking verb is be. This is often the first verb you learn in English so from the moment you say, “I am happy”, you’re using a linking verb. All forms of be are linking verbs, from am to was, had been to might be.

• I am happy.
• Kate is a pilot.
• Those chairs must be uncomfortable.
• Helen will be angry when she sees this mess.
• My dog can be very protective.

In all of these sentences, be tells us more information about what the subject is. It is not an action verb because it doesn’t tell us what the subject is doing.

第一個連系動詞的例子是be（是）。這通常是你學習英語時學到的第一個動詞，所以從你說出“我很快樂”的那一刻起，你就在使用一個連系動詞。be的各種形式都是連系動詞，從am到was，從had been到might be。

• 我很快樂。
• 凱特是一名飛行員。
• 那些椅子一定很不舒服。
• 海倫看到這個混亂時會生氣的。
• 我的狗可能會非常保護性。

在所有這些句子中，be告訴我們關于主語的更多信息。它不是一個動作動詞，因為它不告訴我們主語正在做什么。

Let’s look at the first two examples a little more closely:

“I am happy.”

Happy is an adjective, as you probably know, but in this sentence, it is called a predicate adjective because it follows a linking verb.

讓我們更仔細地看一下前兩個例子：

“我很快樂?！?/p>

快樂是一個形容詞，你可能已經(jīng)知道，但在這個句子中，它被稱為謂語形容詞，因為它跟在一個連系動詞后面。

“Kate is a pilot.”

Pilot is a noun that tells us more information about what the subject, Kate, is, so it is a predicate noun.

“凱特是一名飛行員?！?/p>

飛行員是一個名詞，它告訴我們更多關于主語凱特的信息，所以它是一個謂語名詞。

If you see a noun after an action verb, for example, I walk home or I eat cookies, it is not a predicate noun. It’s just a plain old noun.

如果你在一個動作動詞后面看到一個名詞，例如，“我走回家”或“我吃餅干”，那不是一個謂語名詞。它只是一個普通的名詞。

State of being verbs (表狀態(tài)）

There are many other verbs that tell us more information about what the subject is. Let’s take a look at some examples of these linking verbs in sentences.

1. He became frustrated with the difficult math problem.
2. Chris seems nice.
3. The children stayed quiet while they watched the movie.
4. Everyone remained calm while we evacuated the building.
5. Ben grew restless while he was waiting for the concert to start.
6. Alison has always acted tough but I know she’s quite sensitive really.
7. You went green and I was sure you were going to throw up.
8. The weather can turn cold very quickly here.
9. The issue had proved too tricky to solve.
10. I got so hungry that I had to order room service.
11. My kids will always fall asleep quickly after we’ve been to the beach.

還有許多其他動詞可以告訴我們更多關于主語的信息。讓我們看一些例子，在句子中使用這些連系動詞。

1. 他對那個難題感到沮喪。
2. 克里斯看起來很友善。
3. 孩子們在看電影時保持安靜。
4. 我們撤離大樓時，每個人都保持冷靜。
5. 本在等待音樂會開始時變得不安。
6. 艾莉森一直表現(xiàn)得很強硬，但我知道她實際上很敏感。
7. 你臉色發(fā)青，我確信你要吐了。
8. 這里的天氣可以很快變冷。
9. 這個問題被證明太棘手，無法解決。
10. 我餓得不行，不得不叫客房服務。
11. 我的孩子們去了海灘后總是很快入睡。

Senses verbs （感官動詞）

Some other very common linking verbs are what we call the sense verbs: feel, look, taste, sound, smell, touch and appear.

• This blanket feels very soft.
• The room looks so welcoming!
• The eggs tasted a bit off.
• Your vacation sounds interesting.
• These flowers smell lovely.
• Maggie appears standoffish at first but she’s very warm when you get to know her.
• His stories about his difficult childhood touched my heart.

還有一些非常常見的連系動詞被稱為感官動詞：感覺（feel）、看起來（look）、嘗起來（taste）、聽起來（sound）、聞起來（smell）、觸摸（touch）和顯得（appear）。

1. 這條毯子摸起來很柔軟。
2. 這個房間看起來非常溫馨！
3. 這些雞蛋嘗起來有點不對勁。
4. 你的假期聽起來很有趣。
5. 這些花聞起來很香。
6. 瑪吉一開始看起來有點冷漠，但當你認識她后她很熱情。
7. 關于他艱難童年的故事觸動了我的心。