1. 【语义表述】某人的眼睛是闭着的。
【句型模板】One’s eyes stay shut.
【指点迷津】stay在这里做系动词用,意思是“保持”,shut在这里是过去分词,做形容词用,做表语,stay shut的意思就是“一直保持闭着的状态”。
【句型操练】Her grandmother’s eyes has stayed shut for two days, maybe she had passed away.
她的祖母的眼睛两天来都没睁开,或许是去世了。
【句型出处】I can't make his eyes stay shut.
2.【语义表述】某人逐渐变得......
【句型模板】Somebody comes to be+adj.
【指点迷津】come to在这里表示“慢慢地,逐渐地”的意味。
【句型操练】Mary comes to be cruel.
玛丽逐渐变得残忍起来了。
【句型出处】I hope in time I will come to be more merciful.
3.【语义表述】强调某事对某人的严重性。
【句型模板】Something kills somebody.
【句型操练】To lose money would kill him.
丢了钱就是要了他的命。
【句型操练】Since it would probably kill him, and certainly ruin his life, I will not.