C．感覺表現型動詞：

感覺表現型動詞表示外界事物對人的感覺器官刺激所産生的結果或表現，基本句型為 It looks／sounds／smells／tastes／feels／appears／seems＋adj．＋ to sb．例如：

108）a．I look at／examine the boat and find it small．

b．The boat looks small to me．

（在我看來這隻船很小。）

109）a．We look at／examine the camera and find it pretty good．

b．The camera looks pretty good to us．

（在我們看來這個照相機相當好。）

110）a．She looks at／examines the watch and finds it expensive．

b．The watch looks expensive to her．

（在她看來這隻表很貴。）

111）a．I listen to the music and find it pretty awful．

b．The music sounds pretty awful to me．

（在我聽來這個曲子很刺耳。）

112）a．She smells／takes a smell of the food and finds it unpleasant．

b．The food smells unpleasant to her．

（她聞了一下這食物，覺得氣味不好。）

113）a．He tasted／took a taste of the beer and found it bitter．

b．The beer tasted bitter to him．

（他嘗了一下那啤酒，覺得味道很苦。）

114）a．I try the jacket and find it uncomfortable．

b．The jacket feels uncomfortable to me．

（我試了一下這件上衣，覺得不舒服。）

115）a．I find he is well this morning．

b．He appears well（to me）this morning．

（我發覺他今天早上精神很好。）

116）a．I find he is crazy．

b．He seems crazy to me．

（我覺得他這人瘋瘋癫癫的。）

117）a．I find your life-raft is unsafe．

b．Your life-raft seems unsafe to me．

（我看你的救生筏并不安全。）

118）a．It looked to me as if the doctor was a foreigner．

b．The doctor looked to me as if he was a foreigner．

c．The doctor looked（to me）like a foreigner．

d．The doctor looked foreign（to me）．

e．The doctor had a foreign look about him．

（我看這位醫生像個外國人。）

這類動詞一般沒有進行時态，但是look是個例外，例如：

119）a．You look well．

b．You're looking well．

（你看來精神很好。）