在上冊(cè)中，已經(jīng)提到英語(yǔ)中一些動(dòng)詞的主動(dòng)形式表被動(dòng)含義，為了加深理解被

動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)，這里再?gòu)?qiáng)調(diào)一下。

1. Rockets have found application for the exploration of the universe.

火箭已經(jīng)用來(lái)探索宇宙。

可以轉(zhuǎn)換成“Rockets have been applied for the exploration of the universe.”

2. The lack of privacy within the Chinese home finds its extreme expression in many

well-to-do families of North China.

中國(guó)家庭沒(méi)有隱私概念，這在北方許多富裕家庭表現(xiàn)得極為明顯。

3. Her feelings at last found expression in tears.

最后她用眼淚宣泄自己的心情。

4. The life style has found its growing popularity and acceptance among young

people.

這種生活方式已被越來(lái)越多的年輕人接受，并受到歡迎。

這一句可以轉(zhuǎn)換成“The life-style has become popular and accepted by more and more

young people.”

5. This solution finds immediate welcome and acceptance among college students.

這種解決方案立刻在大學(xué)生中間受到歡迎。

可以轉(zhuǎn)換成“This solution is welcomed and accepted by college students

immediately.”或 “This solution enjoyed immediate welcome and acceptance among

college students.”

6. While micro blogs are enjoying enormous popularity in China, another form of

blogging has sprung up in what is intended to be an innovation in the hottest

Internet service in the country.

當(dāng)微博在中國(guó)受到廣泛的歡迎之際，另一種形式的博客誕生了，是這個(gè)國(guó)家最熱

的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)服務(wù)的一種創(chuàng)新嘗試。

7. No city on American soil had known such destruction.

在美國(guó)國(guó)土，沒(méi)有一座城市曾經(jīng)遭受過(guò)如此嚴(yán)重的破壞。

8. On Saturdays the village presented a somewhat livelier appearance, and the shade

trees around the court house square and along Front Street served as hitching-post

for a goodly number of horses and mules.

每到周六，村莊多少有點(diǎn)更加可愛(ài)，法院廣場(chǎng)周?chē)约把厍敖值恼陉帢?shù)木會(huì)拴上

數(shù)目不小的馬匹或騾子。

9. The hunt for Bigger Thomas served as an excuse to terrorize the entire Negro

population, to arrest hundreds of Communists, to raid over labor union headquarters

and workers’ organization.

追捕比格·托馬斯成為恐嚇?biāo)泻谌耍稊?shù)百名共產(chǎn)主義分子以及襲擊工會(huì)

總部和工人組織的借口。

10. an area that acts as the main land route into Afghanistan and its capital, Kabul

該地區(qū)是通往阿富汗及其首都喀布爾的主要陸上通道

11. The three areas where the project will take place are in the Gao, Koulikoro and

Segou regions of the country.

將在這個(gè)國(guó)家的加奧、塞古和庫(kù)利科羅三個(gè)地區(qū)實(shí)施這項(xiàng)飲水工程。

12. It came not as a Nixon revelation, but rather as a confirmation of the “New York

Times” story.

這不能算是尼克松透漏了什么新東西，而是證實(shí)了《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》的報(bào)道。

13. Much of the investment went to the maternity healthcare and services.

許多錢(qián)都投到了孕婦的保健與服務(wù)上。

14. These problems defy easy classification. 這些問(wèn)題難以歸類(lèi)。

15. Many questions about prime numbers continue to elude answers.

關(guān)于素?cái)?shù)的很多問(wèn)題一直懸而未決。