静态动词用was代替had been的疑问

The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post office. Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said: 'A thief, yes, but only 50 per cent a thief!' Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note: 'Only 25 per cent a thief now!' In time, all Sam's money was paid back in this way. The last note said: 'I am 100 per cent honest now!'

请教专家：

记得在哪本书上看到过，说类似这种句子（静态动词，特别是be动词）The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost.

其实没必要使用完成时，其实等同于The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money WAS lost. 对吗？

这个问题一直没有搞懂过，所以麻烦专家答疑解惑，谢谢！

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最佳答案 2022-02-18 09:18

你的理解不正确。这是新概念的课文，这一课通过课文来介绍过去完成时的用法。be lost 这种动词形式可能是被动语态表示丢失这个动作，也可能是系表结构表示状态。当be为现在时的时候，例如：My wallet is lost. 通常不大可能在说话人说话的时候刚好丢钱包这个事件发生。所以当be为现在时的时候，is/am/are lost通常理解为系表结构，表示状态。但是，当be是过去时的时候则完全后可能was、were lost表示被动动作（即表示事件的发生），也完全有可能是系表结构表示当时的状态。你只能根据句子的上下文才能做出正确的判断。由于作者需要讲解过去完成时的用法，课文中的had been lost 并不是表示一大笔钱的状态，而是表示一大笔钱被偷这个事件。所以这里是不宜用was lost去替换had been lost的。你不能曲解作者的意图。这里用过去完成时完全是有必要的。所以，当be为过去时的时候，was/were+过去分词这种形式你不能随便就认为它是被动语态，或者随便认为它就是系表结构。你必须根据语境判断说话人或作者是描述动作呢还是描述状态。

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曹荣禄 -

擅长：动词用法,句法问题 | 采纳率 82% | 回答于 2022-02-17 20:31

默认排序时间排序

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猴哥英语 - 英语培训师 2022-02-17 19:37

时间性而已，读出的感觉就是之前丢了。

静态动词用was代替had been的疑问

最佳答案 2022-02-18 09:18

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