二、 主动表示被动的情况
1.动词+副词:
如 Ripe oranges peel easily.
2.动名词:
(1)want/need/require/deserve + doing 表示主动的含义。
如 The TV set needs repairing.
(2)Be worth doing:
如 The book is worth reading.
3.系动词表示被动含义:如 Good medicine tastes bitter.
4.不定式 to do 表示被动含义:
(1)be open/liable/subject to do:易受……影响。
如 This variety of plants is open to attack.
This book is easy/difficult to understand.
(2)to blame/to let:
如 The house is to let.
再如 He is the last man to blame.