傑夫的英文學習部落格: 初級文法--2. '-ed'和'-ing'字尾的形容詞 Adjectives ending in '-ed' and '-ing'

2019年10月30日星期三

Look at these examples to see how adjectives ending in -ed and -ing are used.

看以下例句，並觀察 -ed 及 -ing 字尾的形容詞如何使用。

I was really bored in that presentation. 我對於那個報告感到無聊。

That was a really boring presentation. 那真是一個非常令人無聊的報告。

Grammar explanation 文法解釋

Adjectives that end in -ed (e.g. bored, interested) and adjectives that end in -ing (e.g. boring, interesting) are often confused.

以-ed為結尾的形容詞 (例如: bored, interested) 和以-ing 為結尾的形容詞 (例如: boring, interesting) 常會被搞混。

-ed adjectives 以-ed為結尾的形容詞

Adjectives that end in -ed generally describe emotions – they tell us how people feel.

以-ed為結尾的形容詞通常是形容情緒，它們告訴我們人們的感受。

I was so bored in that lesson, I almost fell asleep. 我對那堂課感到超無聊，我快要睡著了。

He was surprised to see Helen after all those years. 他很感到驚訝在那麼多年後看到Helen。

She was really tired and went to bed early. 她真的感到很累，早早就上床睡覺。

-ing adjectives 以-ing為結尾的形容詞

Adjectives that end in -ing generally describe the thing that causes the emotion – a boring lesson makes you feel bored.

以-ing為結尾的形容詞通常是描述那個造成情緒的東西，一堂 boring (令人無聊的)課程讓你 bored (感到無聊的)。

Have you seen that film? It's really frightening. 你看過那個電影了嗎? 那部電影真的很恐怖。

I could listen to her for hours. She's so interesting. 我可以一直聽她講話，她真的很有趣。

I can't sleep! That noise is really annoying! 我睡不著! 那個噪音真的很令人煩躁!

Here are some adjectives that can have both an -ed and an -ing form.

以下是有-ed 及 -ing 字尾的形容詞: