英语中有很多动词如, catch, clean, drive, lock, open, sell, read,write, wash等。当它们被用作不及物动词来描述主语特征时,常用其主动形式 表达被动意义,主语通常是物。
例子
This kind of cloth washes well.
My pen writes smoothly.
These books sell well.
水利万物而不争,
而万物莫能与之争。