As there were _ life boats for everybody 40 lives were lost是什么意思啊？

were gone 是什么语态?

Goodquestion!Theansweristhereisnovoice(语态没有)。 Thesentenceiscorrectlywrittenthough。Thereasonis“were”isactingasalinkingverb,linkingthesubject“they”tothecomplement“gone。 ” “Gone,”beingapastparticiple,actsasanadjective。 Hereisadiscussion,ifanyoneisi ,voicecannotexist。 Withintransitiveverbs,thereisn...全部

  Goodquestion!Theansweristhereisnovoice(语态没有)。 Thesentenceiscorrectlywrittenthough。Thereasonis“were”isactingasalinkingverb,linkingthesubject“they”tothecomplement“gone。
  ” “Gone,”beingapastparticiple,actsasanadjective。 Hereisadiscussion,ifanyoneisi ,voicecannotexist。
   Withintransitiveverbs,thereisnodoer。 Thereisonlyasubjectbeinglinkedtoacomplement。 Notethatwiththepassivevoice,thedoermaynotbestatedbecausethedoerisembeddedinaprepositionalphraseandprepositionalphrasesarenotrequiredtogrammaticallycompletesentences。
   However,evenifthedoerofapassivevoicesentenceisnotstated,thedoerisstillimpliedtoexist。 Theabovesentencealsolookslikeitcouldbeinthepastperfecttensebecausethepastparticipleimpliesthatsomethinghasbeencompleted,butthisisclearlynotthecasebecausethepastperfecttenseisformedbycombiningthehelpingverbhasorhave(notthelinkingverbbe)withthepastparticipleofthemainverb。
   Linkingasubjecttoapastparticiplecomplementwithalinkingverbisnotuncommon。 Itisaconvenientwaytoimpartacompletedideaonasubjectwithamodifier。
   HereareacoupleexamplesfromaPinkFloydsongTwoSunsintheSunset: “Thesunisintheeasteventhoughthedayisdone。
   …couldbethehumanraceisrun。”。收起