train 可用作及物或不及物动词,但表示“练习成……”时,它是及物动词还是不及物动词?譬如下面这句:
When he arrived there, he ______ as a spy.
A. trained B. was trained
这句是选什么?trained 还是 was trained?或是两者都可以?谢谢!
这道题A和B均可选,但含义稍有不同:用主动式,强调通过学习而进行的自主练习;用被动式,强调让人练习。比较《麦克米兰英语词典》在 train 词条有如下讲解、搭配和例句:
1a. [intransitive] to learn how to do a particular job or activity:
train as: He trained as a chef in Paris.
非常显然,《麦克米兰英语词典》觉得 train as 中的 train 是不及物动词(intransitive),它的意思是 to learn how to do a particular job or activity(学习怎么样做某项工作或活动)。