主动词按其基本词汇意义可以分为动态动词（Dynamic Verb)和静态动词（Stative Verb)。 静态动词表示一种静止状态，包括“存在”和“拥有”的动词，如be,have, own, belong, exist, hold(容纳）等；表示度量的动词，如cost, wigh, measure等；表示五官感觉的动词，如see, hear, taste, smell, fell等；以及 表示心理状态的动词，如 believe, think, know, remember, forget, understand, love, like ,hate, detest(讨厌）等。
例如：
The house belongs to his father. 这幢房子属于他的父亲。
This hall can hold three hundred people. 这大厅能容纳300人。
This typewriter costs 200 dllars. 这台打字机值200美元。
This bundle of firewood wighs 150 kilos.这捆柴中150公斤。
I can see a plane in the sky. 我看见天上有架飞机。
These oranges taste nice. 这些桔子味道好。
I understand him to be honest. 我知道他是诚实的。
She hated being flattered. 她讨厌别人奉承她。
When a verb describes a state andnot an action we do not use the continuous tense. For example, ‘play’is an action so we can say ‘playing’ whereas ‘be’ is a fixed statewhich does not change:‘To be, or not to be’.
Grammatically it is not correct to say ‘I’m loving it’ even though McDonalds have made this expression famous. ‘Love’ is astate verband so we should say ‘I love it.’
State verbs generally fall into 4 groups:
Emotion:love, hate, want, need
Possession:have, own, want, belong
Senses:see, hear, smell, seem
Thought:know, believe, remember
Here are some more examples of state verbs:
State Verbs
doubt
dislike
understand
suspect
loathe
own
belong
know
like
need
want
seem
mean
believe
forget
remember
prefer
hate
love
see
some verbs can be both state and action verbs
Some words can be state verbs and action verbs. The meaning of these verbs is then different. Take a look at these:
'Ihavea car.’ ­–state verbshowing possession
'I amhavinga bath.’ ­–action verbwhich, in this case, means ‘taking’.
‘Ithinkyou are cool.’ –state verbmeaning ‘in my opinion’.
‘I amthinkingabout buying a motorbike.’ –action verbmeaning ‘considering’
