being用法→ 你最矛盾的關係是最有毒的

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)