分词作后置定语 （1）现在分词作后置定语表示主动（即与被修饰词之间是逻辑上的主谓关系）和进行（状态或持续），如：A man respecting others will be respected.（尊重别人的人才会得到别人的尊重。）She looked at the city being attacked by the enemy.（她看着这座正在遭到敌人攻击的城市。） （2）过去分词作后置定语表示被动（即与被修饰词之间是逻辑上的动宾关系）和完成（即：分词动作在谓语动词发生以前已经完成）。如：It is the book written (=which was written) by him.（这就是他写的书。）Half of the guests invited (who had been invited) to the reception were foreign ambassadors.（这次招待会上请来的客人中一半都是外国大使。）
