Stative verbs don't refer to a physical action.

状态动词指的不是身体上的动作。

You're not allowed to use stative verbs in continuous.

静态动词不能用进行时。

Sometimes, you can use stative verbs sometimes in the continuous form.

有时候，静态动词有时也能用进行时。

Stative verbs are also called state verbs.

状态动词也称为状态（state）动词。

So what on earth is a stative verb anyway?

那么，状态动词到底是什么呢？

But with the stative verb, we usually don't.

但对于静态动词，我们通常不使用。

" Swear" is a stative verb and we don't use it in present continuous.

“Swear”是一个静态动词，我们不在现在进行时中使用它。

Well, we don't usually use stative verbs in the progressive or continuous form.

我们通常不会在进行式或进行时中使用静态动词。

Now you might be thinking stative verbs, surely they're not that common?

现在你可能正在想状态动词，它们肯定没有那么常见吧？

Understanding stative verbs will help you use simple and progressive forms correctly.

理解静态动词将有助你正确地使用一般时态和进行时态。

Also, you can't use it with stative verbs. It won't make sense.

而且，它不能与静态动词连用。这说不通。

Some of the most common English verbs are stative verbs.

一些最常见的英语动词是其实是状态动词。

It's important to note that we cannot use the present perfect continuous with stative verbs.

重要的是要注意我们不能把现在完成进行时跟状态动词连用。

We also have stative verbs that refer to feelings in states like to love, to think, to feel.

我们还有状态动词，指感觉和状态的动词，例如喜欢，思考，感觉。

So, the get-passive is used with action verbs. But, the be-passive can be used with action and stative verbs.

get 的被动用法和动作动词连用。但是，be的动词被动语态可以与动作动词和静态动词连用。

These are all examples of a stative verb.

这些都是状态动词的例子。

Stative verbs can only be used in simple tenses.

状态动词只能用于一般时态。

So that means you can't use stative verbs in which tenses?

因此，这意味着你不能在什么时态中使用状态动词呢？

The verb smell is a stative verb in this sentence because it describes a state — something that just is.

在这个句子中，动词 smell 是静态动词，因为它描述了一种状态——某物就是这样。

So which is the stative verb there?

那么，这里的状态动词是什么？