drown

1.drown用作不及物动词作“淹死”解，但除了在现在分词和动名词以外，通常不用drown而用动词to be＋drowned，如The drowning man was a foreigner, He was saved from drowning和He was drowned last night。He drowned last night也不算错，但不很自然。

2.drown用作不及物动词作“淹死”解，用作及物动词作“把…淹死”解，都指“死”，说“淹而未死”或“放入水中”不可用drown，如不可说I was drowned last night, but was fortunate enough to be saved和I drowned my cat, but she jumped up and ran away。

3.drown只用于有生命的东西，不可用来指船的“沉没”或“使（船）沉没”，如不可说The ship (was) drowned yesterday，该改作下面的任何一式：

• The ship went down yesterday.
• The ship sank yesterday.
• The ship was sunk yesterday.
• The ship was lost yesterday.
• The ship was wrecked yesterday.