分詞起形容詞和副詞的作用，在句中做定語或狀語。在概念上考生應清楚：
現在分詞表示主動，表示動作在進行。
過去分詞表示被動，表示動作結束了的狀態(tài)或結果。
1.分詞做定語醫(yī)學全在,線gydjdsj.org.cn，弄清現在分詞與過去分詞的區(qū)別
分詞短語做定語相當于省略了的定語從句，考生應掌握：
(1)現在分詞與被修飾詞之間具有主動意義。如：
It’s easy to blame the decline of conversation on the pace of modern life and on the vague changes taking place in our ever-increasing world.(相當于the changes which take place...)
There was a very interesting remark in a book by an Englishman that I read recently giving what he thought was a reason for gydjdsj.org.cn this American characteristic.(相當于which gave...)
How many of us attending, say, a meeting that is irrelevant to us would be interested in the discussion?(相當于How many of us who will attend...)
(2)過去分詞與被修飾詞之間具有被動意義。如：
Good news was sometimes released prematurely, with the British recapture of the port announced half a day before the defenders actually surrendered.
(相當于…recapture of the port which had been announced…)
Just as the value of a telephone network increases with each new phone added to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase gydjdsj.org.cn with each program that turns out.
(相當于…each new phone which is added to…)
The author gave a detailed description based on his personal observation of nature.
(相當于…description which was based on…)
(3)下列不及物動詞也以過去分詞形式做定語或表語，但不具有被動意義：
deceased, departed, elapsed, faded, fallen, gone, grown-up, retired, returned, risen, set, vanished, much-travelled, newly arrived, recently come。如：
an escaped prisoner一個逃犯
a retired worker一位退休工人
