感官動詞表示人的感官動作,可作完全及物動詞或不完全及物動詞,例如:
see/look/watch/notice/observe, hear/listen to, taste, smell, feel/touch.
一、感官動詞經常和情態動詞 can 連用,例如:
hear:
Can you hear that?
你能聽到嗎?
see:
I can't see much.
我看不太清楚。
feel:
I can feel the baby moving inside me.
我能感覺到嬰兒在我體內移動。
二、感官動詞用於進行時,表明主語或感知者集中在一個特別的對象上,是一種自願的動作,常見的有 listen to, look at, touch, smell 和 taste,例如:
listen to:
He is listening to the radio.
他正在聽收音機。
look at:
They are looking at the picture.
他們正在看這幅畫。
touch:
She is touching her cat.
她正在撫摸她的貓。
smell:
She is smelling the flowers.
她在聞花。
taste:
We are tasting champagne.
我們正在品嘗香檳。
並不是所有的感官動詞都可以用進行時,例如:
誤:She was hearing a noise.
誤:He was seeing a woman in the rain.
但當 hear 在表達一種經歷時,可以用進行時;see 在表達與人見面或是約會,可以用進行時,等等,例如:
hearing:
She was always hearing voices in her head.
她腦子裡總有聲音。
seeing:
She is seeing the doctor.
她正在看醫生。
He was seeing another woman.
他在和另一個女人約會。
三、感官動詞的特殊用法
1、感官動詞 + 賓語 + 不帶 to 不定式,例如:
We heard you leave.
我們聽見你走了。
解析:此句強調的重點是「We heard".
I saw her go.
我看見她走了。
解析:此句強調的重點是"I saw" .
2、感官動詞 + 賓語 + 動名詞,例如:
We heard you leaving.
我們聽見你走了。
解析:此句強調的重點是「you leaving", 相當於 We heard you when you were leaving.
I saw her going.
我看見她走了。
解析:此句強調的重點是「her going", 相當於 I saw her when she was going.