Verbs that take object are called transitive verbs.

带宾语的动词称为及物动词。

Verbs that do not take object are called intransitive verbs.

不带宾语的动词称为不及物动词。

The prototype construction meaning throws light on the ambiguity of weak extro-orientational verbs, exocentric verbs.

由于原型句式语义的影响，使弱外向动词和离心动词构成的双宾句形成歧义。

It took him a long time to get the hang of all the irregular verbs.

他花了很长时间才学会了所有不规则动词。

Of all these verbs the verb is the most extensively used.

在这些动词中应用范围最广的是这个动词。

Modal verbs generally take the bare infinitive.

情态动词通常用不带to 的不定式。

In this dictionary the mark 'vi.' shows an intransitive verb.

"在本词典中,符号'vi.'表示不及物动词。"

The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs.

结果证实了他的关于情态动词用法的假设。

The verb “dance” is regular, but the verb “be” is not.

动词dance的变化是规则的, 但be的变化是不规则的。

I have to swot up on phrasal verbs for a test tomorrow.

我不得不为明天的测验努力温习短语动词。

In this book we have tried to typify the main classes of verbs.

在本书中，我们力图以明显的方式把动词划分几大类。

The students soon caught on to the idea that phrasal verbs are not really difficult.

学生们很快就明白到短语动词其实并不难。

This is an adjunct to the verb.

这是动词的一个修饰语。

Verb and subject must agree in person.

动词与主语人称必须一致。

The noun is followed by an intransitive verb.

这个名词后接不及物动词。

In this case the verb may be understood.

在这种情况下这动词可以省略。

These are the finite forms of a verb.

这些是一个动词的限定形式。

The following part defines and classifies denominal verbs.Related aspects are touched, including cognitive basis and conversion process.

第二部分对名动转用的定义、分类、认知基础及转换过程等方面进行了详细的叙述和分析。

In narrative, the reporting verb is in the past tense.

在叙述过程中, 间接引语的动词通常用过去式。

In “if I were you” the verb “were” is in the subjunctive.

在“If I were you”中动词“were”是虚拟语气。