Dictionary entry
affected role
受事角色，指句子中不是施事但直接参与或受动词所表示事件影响的实体
the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the event described by the verb
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the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
In use
In the sentence 'The vase was broken,' the phrase 'the vase' fulfills the affected role.
Linguists often use the term 'affected role' to describe the entity that is changed by the verb's action.
When we say 'The door opened,' 'the door' is the affected role because it undergoes the opening.
the affected role of [noun phrase]
In this sentence, 'the window' is the affected role of the verb 'broke'.
在这个句子中，'the window' 是动词 'broke' 的受事角色。
[noun phrase] is the affected role
In 'The ball was thrown', 'the ball' is the affected role.
在'The ball was thrown'中，'the ball'是受事角色。
play the affected role
常用于语言学分析。
In the clause, the patient plays the affected role.
在该分句中，受事者扮演受事角色。
Common mistakes
In the sentence, the role affected is the object.In the sentence, the affected role is the object.
英语中，'affected role' 是固定短语，修饰语应前置，中文学习者容易受中文语序影响将形容词后置。
The noun 'patient' is an affecting role.The noun 'patient' is an affected role.
受事角色需要用过去分词 'affected' 表示被动含义，而非现在分词 'affecting'，后者表示主动。
Connections
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WORDNET.