locate不是必须为被动比如:1.Rescue planes are trying to locate the missing sailors.救援飞机正在努力查明失踪水手的下落。2.Now we need a way to locate this anchor.现在我们需要一种方法来定位这个锚点。3.More than likely, the test code would have to be reviewed in its entirely to locate the lines that needed to be updated.尽管我们做了最大的努力,我们仍然没能找出这些摄影图片的作者。
注意:stand, sit, lie等动词要用主动用法;situate和locate须用被动语态。介词视其后所接名词决定。
例1:Beijing lies in the north of China.
北京位于中国的北方。
例2:The white church was located on a hill.
那座白色的教堂坐落在小山丘上。
5,locate的确切用法
locate in
1. 确定...的地点(或范围)
2. 把...设置在
The company located its branch office in the suburbs.
该公司把它的分公司设在郊区。
locate on
3. 使...坐落于
The museum is located on Main Street.
博物馆位于梅茵街。
很少用locate at 也表示座落在;位于
相对in是比较小的地方.....
6,be located 和locate有什么区别
be located最常见的用法就是“坐落在。。。”,比如the city is located in east China.
其实,这只是locate的一种用法而已。
由此可知,locate这个词首先有“把。。。放在某个地方;设置。。。”的意思,比如
they decided to locate the project in this small town.
此外,locate还有“寻找,定位”的意思,
比如they tried to locate the lost ship on the vast ocean.
总之,记住:表述事物(有时甚至是人)的所在位置时,所描述对象是不能主动去loate的,必须是be located;而在表述“放置、设置、定位”这样的动作时,动作的采取人可以直接跟locate,后面再直接跟动作的对象。