be动词属于系动词,系动词除了be动词,还有keep,rest,remain,stay,lay,stand,seem,appear,look,feel,smell,sound,taste,become,grow,turn,fall,get,go,come,run,prove,turn out等
系动词是用来辅助主语的动词。它本身有词义,但不能单独用作谓语,其后必须跟表语,构成系表结构说明主语的状况、性质、特征等情况。常见类型归纳:be动词(am,is,are),感官动词(feel,look,smell,sound,taste,seem),“变得”词(get,become,turn,grow),“保持”(remain)。
There be结构。在此结构中可以用来代替be动词的动词有:exist, seem, happen, appear,live, rise, stand……
如:
There stood a dog before him.
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There stands a beautiful palace at the foot of the hill.