
Stative verbs 靜態動詞
Stative (or state) verbs describe states (things that don't change easily or quickly, for example, what you believe, think or own) rather than actions (jump, talk or buy). These verbs are not normally used in the continuous form (ing).
Stative verbs can be grouped into these categories:
Verbs of emotion:
care feel hate like loathe love need prefer want
Verbs of ownership:
own have ossess
Verbs of the mind:
believe mean suppose forget realise understand know remember doubt
Verbs of the senses - often used with 'can':
hear see smell taste touch
Other verbs:
contain depend matter
靜態動詞表示一種靜止狀態,包括“存在”和“擁有”的動詞,如be,have, own, belong, exist, hold(容納)等;表示度量的動詞,如cost, wigh, measure等;表示五官感覺的動詞,如see, hear, taste, smell, fell等;以及 表示心理狀態的動詞,如 believe, think, know, remember, forget, understand, love, like ,hate, detest(討厭)
The house belongs to his father. 這幢房子屬于他的父親。
This hall can hold three hundred people. 這大廳能容納300人。
This typewriter costs 200 dllars. 這臺打字機值200美元。
This bundle of firewood wighs 150 kilos.這捆柴中150公斤。
I can see a plane in the sky. 我看見天上有架飛機。
These oranges taste nice. 這些桔子味道好。
I understand him to be honest. 我知道他是誠實的。
She hated being flattered. 她討厭別人奉承她。