常見的形容詞句型是「主詞 + be動詞 + 形容詞」 比如:He is funny. / She is honest. 但有時我們會看到 He is (just) being funny. / She is (just) being honest. 這樣的句子 這又是什麼意思呢? 「主詞 + be動詞 + being + 形容詞」的句型是用來指某人只是在此刻或過去的某一刻是那樣子 注意主詞後的 be 動詞要視時態而用 am, are, is 或過去的 was, were 像是有時朋友如果心情不好而說了些儍話 我們就可以說:You are being silly. 意思是他/她只是此刻儍,並非常態 (如果是常態就會說 You are silly. 了) 假如你想搞笑而做了一件事或說了自以為好笑的話 別人卻摸不著頭腦而問你:What did you do/say that for? 你可以說:I was just being funny. 意思是你剛才只是想搞笑 在解釋自己或他人的行為時,常會用到這樣的句型 比如你好心想幫別人,結果卻把事情搞砸了 就可以說:I was just being helpful. (我只是想幫忙而已) 有朋友或家人心情不好而講話較不客氣 可以說:She’s being cranky today. (她今天很易怒) 有人對你說了不禮貌的話或做了冒犯你的舉動 可以說:You are being rude! (你很沒禮貌!) (意思是他此刻很沒禮貌。有別於說 You are rude. 指此人平常一向都沒禮貌) 有人正在鬧小孩子脾氣,可以對他說:You are being childish! 有人正在對你說謊,可以說:You are not being honest (with me). 或是有人今天行為異於平日,像是平常很活潑的小孩今天突然很怕生 就可以說:He is being shy today. / I don’t know why he is being shy today. 有別於 He is shy. (指他平常一向很害羞) 不過要特別注意的是,不是任何形容詞都可以用在這個句型 一些常態性的形容詞,不可能瞬時改變的,比如形容外觀的 tall, thin, pretty等形容詞 就不能用在這個句型 因此不能說出像 He is being tall. 或 I was being young. 這種句子
解答: 1. You are not being reasonable. / You are being unreasonable. 2. You were not being fair. 3. Are you being funny? 4. I was being stupid. 5. He/She was (just) being generous.