D．感覺痛苦型動詞：

感覺痛苦型動詞表示人的身體或神經所受的痛苦，如feel，ache，hurt，itch，tingle，pain，sting，tickle及get on one's nerves，set one's teeth on edge等，這類動詞本身表示延續性概念，使用或不使用進行時态，其含義是相同的，例如：

120）a．I feel hungry．

b．I am feeling hungry．

c．I am suffering from hunger．

（我覺得餓。）

121）a．My head aches badly．

b．My head is aching badly．

c．I have a bad headache．

d．I am suffering from a bad headache．

（我頭痛得厲害。）

122）a．My left knee hurts．

b．My left knee is hurting．

（我的左膝痛。）

123）a．He itched all over．

b．He was itching all over．

c．He had an／the itch all over．

d．He suffered from an／the itch all over．

（他渾身發癢。）

124）a．His finger-tips tingled with the cold．

b．His finger-tips were tingling with the cold．

c．He had a tingle in his finger-tips because of the cold．

d．He suffered from a tingle in his fingertips because of the cold．

（他的指頭凍得發痛。）

125）a．My foot doesn't pain me now．

b．My foot isn't paining me now．

c．I don't feel pain in my foot now．

（現在我的腳不痛了。）

126）a．The rain is stinging my eyes．

b．My eyes are stinging from the rain．

（雨水刺得我的眼睛發痛。）

127）a．Pepper tickled my nose．

b．My nose tickled when pepper got into it．

（胡椒粉刺得我的鼻子發癢。）

128）a．That noise gets on my nerves．

b．That noise sets my teeth on edge．

c．That noise upsets my nerves．

（那噪音使我神經緊張。）

在這類動詞中，feel可以表示身體、精神或情感等方面的痛苦感覺，如 feel cold／hungry／sad／bad／discouraged／discontented／disappointed等.也可以表示積極的、肯定的、正面的情感，如feel happy／well／comfortable／sure／confident等。動詞feel的這種用法，相當于動詞be.例如：

129）a．He is confident of success．

b．He feels confident of success．

（他對成功頗有信心。）

130）a．We are not bound to accept the offer．

b．We don't feel bound to accept the offer．

（我們并不認為非得接受這個提議不可。）

動詞feel可以用作上述四種類型的感覺性動詞，現在舉例區别如下：

131）a．I could feel something crawling up my arm．

b．I felt something crawling up my arm．

（我能感覺有個東西順我的胳臂往上爬。）

132）a．I felt the water with my finger-tip，to see if it was hot．

b．I tried／touched the water with my fingertip，to see if it was hot．

（我用指尖試了一下水，看看是否熱。）

133）a．I felt the water and found it hot．

b．The water felt hot to me．

（我覺得這水熱一點。）

134）a．I felt hot when I walked in the sun．

（在太陽下走路我覺得很熱。）

b．I felt hot when I ate the food with pepper．

（當吃有胡椒的食物時我覺得很辣。）

此外，動詞feel及see，hear，後跟that從句時，不表示人體感覺，而表示思想認識，例如：

135）a．I feel（that） he is right．

b．I think（that） he is right．

（我覺得他是對的。）

136）a．I came to see that the plan was unwise．

b．I came to understand／realize that the plan was unwise．

（我逐漸認識到這個計劃是不明智的。）

137）a．I heard that John would come．

b．I was told that John would come．

（我獲悉約翰要來。）

句型 Sb．hears／finds oneself doing sth．不是表示感覺能力或感覺狀态，而是表示“意外結果”（unexpected result）或“意外經曆”（unexpected experience）。這個句型可以改為 Sb．is（unexpectedly） heard／found doingsth．或People（unexpectedly）hear／find sb．doing sth．，例如：

138）a．She heard herself saying afterwards to the amazement of her friends，“I've won the first prize．”

b．She was（unexpectedly）heard saying afterwards to the amazement of her friends，“I've won the first prize．

c．People（unexpectedly）heard her saying afterwards to the amazement of herfriends，“I've won the first prize．

（她的朋友們後來驚訝地聽見她說：“我赢得頭獎了。”）

139）a．One day a few weeks later he found himself sitting in a village house，facing an old man of about eighty．

b．One day a few weeks later he was （unexpectedly）found sitting in a village house，facing an old man of about eighty．

c．One day a few weeks later people （unexpectedly）found him sitting in a village house，facing an old man of about eighty．

（幾星期後的一天，他沒想到會坐在一所鄉下小屋裡，面對着一位大約八十歲的老人。）