Question

请教一个语法问题 谢谢。

I was surprised to see so many people seated at the back of the class.
为什么用seated表被动 而不用sitting表主动。

Answer 1

I was surprised to see so many people seated at the back of the class.
为什么用seated表被动 而不用sitting表主动。
答：这是推敲问题。
用sitting在这里也通的。
I was surprised to see so many people seated at the back of the class.
译:看见这么多人在班级的后排就座，我感到很惊讶。
析：be seated 表示状态。
I was surprised to see so many people sitting at the back of the class.
译:看见这么多人正坐在班级的后排，我感到很惊讶。
sitting 为现在分词，表示正在进行的动作. see sb. doing sth. 看见某人在做某事。

Answer 2

seated表示一种状态，并不是表示被动。比如：Please be seated.（请坐。）Please sit down.(请坐。)

Answer 3

sitting表示动作正在进行，强调动作。而seated表示状态，强调动作已经完成。

Answer 4

seated在这里是过去分词作后置定语 主语many people与动词seat是逻辑上的动宾关系，所以用seated而不用sitting