2 had been rained on and slept in什么意思

He looked like all the tramps who came to our house from hobo camp by the river during the Great Depression. His shaggy hair hung below a shapeless hat, and his threadbare shirt and trousers had been rained on and slept in.


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请问had been rained on and slept in什么意思?been rained on还可以理解成被雨淋,但been slept in就不懂了,难道是穿着身上的破衬衫和裤子睡觉,因为没有被子?

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最佳答案 2019-03-10 13:42

该问题的关键,是网友对这两个被动语态不很明白。确实是,这种被动语态十分少见。因为不及物动词加介词,这样变被动语态的情况是有限制的,估计这是文学语言的特色吧。我们变成主动语态,就可以很清晰得判断出来。主动语态则是很正常的:

It rained on his threadbare shirt and trousers and he slept in them.

雨淋在他破旧的衬衫和裤子上,他就睡在里面(即:和衣而睡)。

红色部分的 动词+介词,不应该像 look at, listen to 等固有的搭配那样,可以有被动语态。


题外话:如果上述结构变被动语态成立的话,那么,这些句子该怎么对待?是对还是错?如果对,那语法就乱套了。

The bed was slept on.

The chair was sat in.

The man was waited for.

The road was walked along.

我猜测,网友的句子是典型的文学语言,作者可能故意不理语法规则,而取得意外的修辞效果。



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曾克辉  
擅长:英语考试

是的,衣服被雨淋湿了,他一直是“和衣而睡”... and (had been) slept in = ...and he had slept in them / the threadbare shirt and trousers

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陈才   - 英语教师
擅长:中考英语,词法问题

He looked like all the tramps who came to our house from hobo camp by the river during the Great Depression. His shaggy hair hung below a shapeless hat, and his threadbare shirt and trousers had been rained on and slept in.

参考译文:他看起来像大萧条时期从河边流浪汉营地来到我们家的所有流浪汉。他蓬松的头发挂在一顶不成形的帽子下面,他那破旧的衬衫和裤子被雨淋着睡了起来。

and his threadbare shirt and trousers(主语)// had been rained on(谓语) and slept in(谓语).使用被动语态结构

and it (主语)//had rained on (谓语)//his threadbare shirt (宾语)//(并列连词)and//(主语) he had slept in(谓语) //(宾语) his threadbare shirt and trousers.(主动语态结构)

特别备注:以上句子划分是把“rain on/sleep in”当作整体及物动词.

(1)rain on sth(动词+状语

(2)sleep in someplace(动词+状语

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