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除助动词 be 之外, 动词 get 也可构成被动句。例如:

1. Our team got beaten by the visitors. (CGEL) 我们的队被客队打败了。

2. You should see the crap wages I get paid. (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 你看看我拿的那一丁点儿薪水就知道了。

3. Hundreds of people get killed every year by traffic on the roads. (EGS) 每年在公路交通事故中遇难身亡的人数以百计。

4. James got caught by the police. (CGEL) 詹姆斯被警察抓走了。

get v-ed 和 be v-ed 大致有如下几个差别：

A. be v-ed 既可以表示动作, 又可以表示状态。有时候难以分清。例如:

1. They were married.

2. The chair was broken. (CGEL)

3. We were lost.

而 get v-ed 却明白无误地表示动作。例如：

1. ... he had tried to break into the shop during the night but had got stuck in the chimney. (New Concept English, Book 3, L. 35) ……他企图在夜间钻进商店，但被卡在烟囱里了。

2. They are married now, but I can't tell you when they got married. 他们现在已结了婚，但我不知道他们是什么时候结的婚。

3. If an explanation is confusing, you get confused. (PEU) 如果一个解释令人糊涂，你就会被弄糊涂的。

B. get v-ed 常常表示不合心意的事情。如 get hurt(受伤), get slapped(beaten)(挨打), get dismissed(被开除), get killed(被杀), get caught(被抓), get caught in the rain(遇上雨)

1. That picture got damaged when we were moving. (PEU) 我们搬家时,那张画碰坏了。

2. How did that window get opened? (CGEL) 怎么竟然把窗户打开了?

3. You may get cheated, robbed and murdered in London. 在伦敦你可能受骗，可能被抢，也可能被谋杀。

C. get v-ed 不大用于正式语体。