1. 【语义表述】某人的眼睛是闭着的。

【句型模板】One’s eyes stay shut.

【指点迷津】stay在这里做系动词用，意思是“保持”，shut在这里是过去分词，做形容词用，做表语，stay shut的意思就是“一直保持闭着的状态”。

【句型操练】Her grandmother’s eyes has stayed shut for two days, maybe she had passed away.

她的祖母的眼睛两天来都没睁开，或许是去世了。

【句型出处】I can't make his eyes stay shut.

2.【语义表述】某人逐渐变得......

【句型模板】Somebody comes to be+adj.

【指点迷津】come to在这里表示“慢慢地，逐渐地”的意味。

【句型操练】Mary comes to be cruel.

玛丽逐渐变得残忍起来了。

【句型出处】I hope in time I will come to be more merciful.

3.【语义表述】强调某事对某人的严重性。

【句型模板】Something kills somebody.

【句型操练】To lose money would kill him.

丢了钱就是要了他的命。

【句型操练】Since it would probably kill him, and certainly ruin his life, I will not.