We found the snake alive.(作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ),不用living)
He is the living image of his father.(比喻義,不用alive)
他活象他父親。
⑷只有l(wèi)iving前加the方可表示“活著的人”,作主語(yǔ)時(shí),視作復(fù)數(shù)。
eg:
The living are more important to us than the dead.
活著的人對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)比死去的人更重要。