Ask & Learn聞問(wèn)切英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ):Is Going to Have Been Painted
讀者 Eric 寄來(lái)句子 "The mural is going to have been being painted by the famous artist for over 6 months by the time it is finished"。Eric想問(wèn)句中的 "is going to have been being painted" 是屬于什么時(shí)態(tài)?
首先,解答 Eric 的問(wèn)題前,我猜being應(yīng)該是個(gè)筆誤。可以略去。
我們現(xiàn)在把這組動(dòng)詞分析一下。 is going to 的作用相當(dāng)于助動(dòng)詞的 will 或 shall,屬于 future tense。Have been painted 是 have painted 的 passive voice(被動(dòng)式),而 have painted 屬于 present perfect tense。我們?nèi)绻丫渥痈膶?xiě),就變成 "The mural will have been painted by the famous artist..."。
這個(gè)動(dòng)詞很明顯屬于 future perfect tense,只不過(guò)以 passive voice 的形式表達(dá)而已。
Future perfect tense 的用法是表示在將來(lái)某一時(shí)刻已經(jīng)完成的動(dòng)作。在 Eric 的例句中,這個(gè)將來(lái)的時(shí)刻就是壁畫(huà)完成之日,到了那天,這著名的畫(huà)師將會(huì)花了六個(gè)月的時(shí)間在這壁畫(huà)上了。
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