Chapter 4 不定式
4.13 不定式的时态和语态(四):完成进行式(to have been doing)
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4.13 不定式的时态和语态(四):完成进行式(to have been doing)
不定式的完成进行式to have been doing可以表示在谓语动作之前已经开始并且一直在持续进行的某一动作,其含义类似于一个完成进行时态。例如:
1 They are said to have been collecting folk songs in Yunnan.
= It is said that they have been collecting folk songs in Yunnan.
其他例句还有:
2 He seems to have been sitting there all day.
3 I seem to have been learning English for over ten years.
4 The little girl seems to have been watching TV all this evening.
最后要说明的是,不定式的完成进行式用得非常少,且没有被动态,只有主动态。对此,读者了解一下即可。