以'ed' 和 'ing'结尾的形容词

以'-ed' 和 '-ing'结尾的形容词

你知道bored和boring的区别吗?

看下面的例句，看看以-ed和-ing结尾的形容词是如何使用的。

I was really bored in that presentation.
That was a really boring presentation.

语法解释

以-ed结尾的形容词(例如bored, interested)和以-ing结尾的形容词(例如boring, interesting)常常会混淆。

以-ed 结尾的形容词

以-ed结尾的形容词通常描述情绪，它们告诉我们人们的感受。

I was so bored in that lesson, I almost fell asleep.
He was surprised to see Helen after all those years.
She was really tired and went to bed early.

以-ing 结尾的形容词

以-ing结尾的形容词通常描述引起这种情绪的事物——无聊的课让你感到无聊（a boring lesson makes you feel bored）。

Have you seen that film? It's really frightening.
I could listen to her for hours. She's so interesting.
I can't sleep! That noise is really annoying!

下面是一些既有-ed也有-ing形式的形容词。

ed形式的形容词

ing形式的形容词

annoyed

annoying

bored

boring

confused

confusing

disappointed

disappointing

excited

exciting

frightened

frightening

interested

interesting

surprised

surprising

tired

tiring

worried

worrying