Ask & Learn聞問切英語口語:Is Going to Have Been Painted

讀者 Eric 寄來句子 "The mural is going to have been being painted by the famous artist for over 6 months by the time it is finished"。Eric想問句中的 "is going to have been being painted" 是屬于什么時態(tài)？

首先，解答 Eric 的問題前，我猜being應(yīng)該是個筆誤?？梢月匀?。

我們現(xiàn)在把這組動詞分析一下。 is going to 的作用相當(dāng)于助動詞的 will 或 shall，屬于 future tense。Have been painted 是 have painted 的 passive voice（被動式），而 have painted 屬于 present perfect tense。我們?nèi)绻丫渥痈膶?，就變?"The mural will have been painted by the famous artist..."。

這個動詞很明顯屬于 future perfect tense，只不過以 passive voice 的形式表達(dá)而已。

Future perfect tense 的用法是表示在將來某一時刻已經(jīng)完成的動作。在 Eric 的例句中，這個將來的時刻就是壁畫完成之日，到了那天，這著名的畫師將會花了六個月的時間在這壁畫上了。

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