（4）过渡型动词：

过渡型动词表示由一种状态向另一种状态过渡的动作。这类动词用于进行时态，不同于过程型动词，不是强调过渡动作本身的过程，而是着重表明接近于过渡的完成状态。这类动词表示“出现”（appearance）、“消失”（disappearance）、“消亡”（perish）、“出发”（departure）、“抵达”（arrival）、“升起”（rise）、“落下”（fall）、“开始”（beginning）、“停止”（stoppage）等起始终止阶段的概念。表示人或物“出现”概念的动词有appear，make one's appearance，come out，emerge等，例如：

83）a．Quite a lot of new actors and actresses are appearing on the stage．

b．Quite a lot of new actors and actresses are making their appearance on the stage．

（现在舞台上有许多新的男女演员出现。）

84）a．A large animal was emerging from the water．

b．A large animal was coming out of the water．

（一只庞大的动物正从水中露出。）

85）a．The moon was emerging from behind the cloud．

b．The moon was coming out from behindthe cloud．

（月亮正从云后面露出来。）

表示人或物“消失”概念的动词有disappear，vanish，fade away，lose等，例如：

86）a．Our difficulties are disappearing．

b．Our difficulties are going out of existence．

c．Our difficulties are passing from existence．

（我们的困难正在消除。）

87）a．The man was disappearing down the road．

b．The man was going out of sight down the road．

（这个人沿那路走下去而逐渐看不见了。）

88）a．The snow is disappearing．

b．The snow is melting．

（雪正在融化。）

89）a．This usage of the word is disappearing．

b．This usage of the word is going out of existence．

（这个字的这种用法正在消失。）

90）a．The sun was vanishing behind a cloud．

b．The sun was disappearing behind a cloud．

（太阳在一片云彩后面消失。）

91）a．Many kinds of animals are vanishing from the earth．

b．Many kinds of animals are becoming extinct from the earth．

c．Many kinds of animals are passing awayfrom the earth．

（许多种动物正在从地球上绝迹。）

92）a．The man was vanishing from sight in the distance．

b．The man was going out of sight in the distance．

（那人在远处逐渐看不见了。）

93）a．The coastline was fading into darkness．

b．The coastline was going slowly out of view in the darkness．

（海岸线在黑暗之中逐渐隐没。）

94）a．The noises were fading away in the distance．

b．The noises were going out of hearing in the distance．

（那噪音在远处逐渐消失。）

95）a．All memory of！his childhood was fading from his mind．

b．All memory of his childhood was going out of his mind．

c．He was losing all memory of his child－hood．

（童年往事慢慢从他脑中消逝。）

96）a．She is fading away．

b．She is losing strength．

（她体力日衰。）

97）a．He is losing his eyesight．

b．He is going blind．

（他的双目逐渐失明。）

表示人或物“消亡”概念的动词有die，pass away，perish，wither等，例如：

98）a．The old man was dying from cancer．

b．The old man was passing away because of cancer．

（这老人因患癌症而奄奄一息。）

99）a．The crops were dying because of lack of rain．

b．The crops were perishing because of lack of rain．

（这些庄稼因缺雨水而正在枯死。）

100）a．The leaves of this plant are dying off．

b．The leaves of this plant are dying one by one．

（这棵植物的叶子正一片一片枯萎掉。）