核心问题
(1)They married in 1990. (2)They got married in 1990.
我们老师说这两个句子都是正确的。但是,怎么能说 married 和 got married 都是正确的呢?
词典解答
说句(1)是正确的,是因为marry是个一次性动词,它的过去时可以表示过去的行为:
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Jane and Joe married last Saturday. 简和乔上星期六结婚了。
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They married when they were very young. 他们很年轻的时候就结婚了。
说句(2)是正确的,是因为 get + 过去分词或形容词也可以表示行为,见 。
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At the time when Bassanio and Portia were getting married, a letter arrived from Antonio saying that all his ships had been lost at sea and that he would have to give Shylock a pound of his flesh. 就在巴萨尼奥和鲍西娅即将举行婚礼的时候,收到了安东尼奥的一封信,信上说他所有的船都在海上遇险失事了,他将不得不给夏洛克一磅自己身上的肉。
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I'm getting married next month. 我下个月结婚。
人们更倾向于用 get married 来表示“结婚”这个行为。
When they got married, he wanted a big ceremony. 他们结婚的时候,他曾要求举行隆重的结婚仪式。