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取材自紐約時報:https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/opinion/frenemies-relationships-health.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EU0.Yg68.SGtTLVA-Nwtu&smid=url-share

Your Most Ambivalent Relationships Are the Most Toxic

你最矛盾的關係是最有毒的



介紹其中兩個關於being的用法 (被動進行式及be動詞的進行式)

1, 被動進行式 (being 後加過去分詞)

文章原句1:Then she threatened to fire me for raising a concern about a colleague being mistreated.然後她威脅要解僱我,因為我擔心一名同事正受到不當對待。

→Then she threatened to fire me for raising a concern about a colleague who was being mistreated. (由形容詞子句省略而來)

文章原句2:

But being cheered on by the same person who cuts you down doesn’t buffer the bad feelings; it amplifies them.

但是,如果被打擊你的人所鼓勵並不能緩解不良情緒;反而放大了不良情緒.

→But if it is being cheered on by the same person who cuts you down, it doesn’t buffer the bad feelings; it amplifies them. (由副詞子句省略而來)

(被動進行式可參考賀氏英文法全書:第六篇 第六章 語態的說明)


2, be動詞的進行式 (being後加形容詞)

文章原句3:

Any relationship that crosses the line into being abusive should be jettisoned.

任何越界而變成折磨的關係都應該被斷捨.

可拆解成下列三個小句:

A: Any relationship should be jettisoned.

B: Any relationship that crosses the line.

C:Some relationships are being abusive. (改為some是指已被限定在B句之下”跨越界限”的關係)

A+B+C = Any relationship that crosses the line into being abusive should be jettisoned.

可加介系詞into, 讓語意更明確


文章原句4:

What I thought was being supportive was actually undermining her autonomy.

我以為的支持其實破壞了她的自主權

可拆解成下列兩個小句:

A: What I thought was actually undermining her autonomy

B: What I thought was being supportive

A+B = What I thought was being supportive was actually undermining her autonomy.


參考:

  • What I thought was being supportive →" being supportive" 在這裡是一個正在進行的狀態,強調說話者當時的想法和行為。 
  • What I thought was supportive→它僅表示在過去的某個時間點,說話者認為自己提供了支持。

(be動詞的現在進行式可參考賀氏英文法全書:第六篇 第三章 語態的時態說明. p.115)





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