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くいちゃん
2022-06-23 15:36

be suffered by は可能か?

The tourism and restaurant business have been hurt by huge losses due to the coronavirus pandemic over the past two years. は正しい文章。The tourist and restaurant businesses have been suffered from huge losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic over the past two years. は間違いで" have been suffered from" をhave suffered(or been suffering)とすべきとのことです。ならば、前の文の have been hurt by のように受動態を活かしてhave been suffered by(fromでなくて) とすれば正解になるでしょうか?ご教授お願いいたします。

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2022-06-24 23:02:33

hurtは(この場合には)他動詞です。

I hurt my foot.
His arrest hurt his chances of getting elected.

sufferは(この場合には)自動詞です。

The heat caused me to suffer.
I suffer whenever you are away.

自動詞には受動態という形は無理です。

因みに、businessは単数なので、business haveは間違いです。

The tourism and restaurant businesses have been hurt by huge losses due to the coronavirus pandemic over the past two years.
The tourism and restaurant businesses have suffered huge losses due to the coronavirus pandemic over the past two years.

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