核心问题
《牛津英语用法指南》(外研社,1992年,p.507)认为,在把 She gave her sister the car. 变成被动句时,往往是那个人变成被动式动词的主语:
Her sister was given the car.
这种解释使我无法理解我所遇到的以表物的名词为主语的这类被动句。例如, The money was given(to) George.
词典解答
该书编者只是从统计学的角度讲了此类被动句的主语问题,而没有触及下列两种被动句型的区别:
(a) George was given the money.
(b) The money was given (to) George.
关于这两种被动句型的区别,请见 give .