when加过去分词的用法:这是一种省略形式,省略了主语跟be动词.表示被省略的主语是被…或处于…状态,此时它跟后面的主句主语必须相同。
例如:when heated to a high enough temperate,water can be changed into vapor. 当加到足够高的温度的时候,水会变成水蒸气。
这个句子,when 后面省略了water 跟is
when还可以直接加doing,此时被省略的主语是主动/正在…。
相同用法的连词还有
while, if/once/unless, though/although
when+过去分词的用法
“when+过去分词”中的过去分词通常应视为被动语态的省略,而不能视为完成时态的省略。
如:
When (it is) heated, ice will be changed into water. ;当冰受热时,它就会变成水。
Metal expand when (it is) heated and contract when (it is) cooled. ;金属热则膨胀冷则收缩。
It will seem as nothing when (it is) compared with his action. ;和他的行为相比,这似乎是微不足道的。
The author was able to give his book a plug when (he was) interviewed on a talk show. ;作者在接受访谈时可以给自己的书做一番广告。
When (you are) asked for your views about your current job, on no account must you be negative. ;当你被问及对目前工作的看法时,绝不要流露出消极情绪。