Gone
“Gone” 常与 have/has 连用表示完成的离开或状态变化;也可描述资源耗尽、机会错过。作前置形容词时如 “a gone era” 较文学化,日常更常见 “the milk is gone”。
- “By the time we arrived, the guests had gone.” (我们到时,客人已经走了。)
- “All the tickets are gone within minutes.” (几分钟内票就全部售罄了。)
- “She felt as if her strength was gone after the long run.” (长跑之后,她觉得自己力气都没了。)
“go” 来自古英语 gān,与日耳曼语族多个表示“行走、去”的动词相关,历史演变复杂。
“gone” 是不规则过去分词,与 went(过去式)形态不同,无常规词缀可拆。
口语里 “I’m gone” 可表示“我要走了”;歌曲与诗歌里 “gone” 常承载失落与怀念。注意 gone 与 been 在完成体里的细微差别:been 强调经历,gone 强调离开不在。
- 固定搭配: “gone wrong” (出问题), “long gone” (早已不在)
gone 中间一个 o:人“走成零”,现场空了。
“The last slice of cake was gone before he even reached the kitchen.” (他还没走到厨房,最后一块蛋糕就没了。)