1.developincreasesurviveimprove的用法2.Thechickenthoughttheeggthattherehadbeenlaidbyher.为什么不用waslied而用waslying呢?

Question

1.develop increase survive improve的用法
2.The chicken thought the egg that ____ there had been laid by her.
为什么不用was lied 而用was lying呢?

Answer 1

2) was lying ---- 主动 & 进行式 下蛋
was lied ---- 被动 & 完成
1)
*** develops vt.(及物动词 transitive verb)
使成长;使发达;发展
Swimming develops the muscles.
游泳能使肌肉发达.
详尽阐述;展开
开发
The builders are developing that part of the city.
建筑商正在开发这座城市的那个地区.
逐渐产生;逐渐养成;患(病)
Try to develop good reading habits.
要养成良好的阅读习惯.
【摄】使显影,冲洗(底片)
vi.(不及物动词 intransitive verb)
生长;成长;形成
Plants develop from seeds.
植物由种子发育而成.
进步;进化
*** increases
vt.(及物动词 transitive verb)
增大;增加;增强
Travel increases one's knowledge of the world.
旅游增进人对世界的了解.
vi.(不及物动词 intransitive verb)
增大;增加;增强
Foreign investments there increased five times.
那里的外国投资增加了五倍.
增殖
*** survived
vt.(及物动词 transitive verb)
在...之后仍然生存,从...中逃生
Only two passengers survived the air-crash.
这次飞机失事只有两名乘客幸免於死.
比...活得长;丧失(配偶,亲人等)
She survived her husband by twenty years.
她丈夫去世后她又活了二十年.
vi.(不及物动词 intransitive verb)
活下来,幸存;残留
Few survived after the flood.
洪水后极少有人生还.
*** improving
vt.(及物动词 transitive verb)
改进,改善;增进
He put forward a plan for improving the rate of production.
他提出了一个提高生产率的计划.
提高(土地,地产)的价值
利用(机会等)
She improved her leisure by learning foreign languages.
她利用闲暇时间学习外语.
vi.(不及物动词 intransitive verb)
改善,变得更好
Their working conditions are improving.
他们的工作条件正在改善.
vt.(及物动词 transitive verb)
改进,改善;增进