①表示动作从过去某时开始,一直延续到现在
现在完成进行时常和all this time, this week, this month, all night, all the morning, recently等状语以及since和for引导的状语连用。
I have been reading Hemingway's Farewell to Arms recently.
我最近一直在读海明威的《永别了,武器》。
She has been reciting the words all the morning.
她整个上午都在背单词。
This is what I have been expecting since my childhood.
这是我从小以来就一直期待着的事情。
②表示动作刚刚结束
My clothes are all wet. I've been working in the rain.
我的衣服全湿了,我刚才一直在雨中干活。
He is dead drunk. He's been drinking with his friends.
他烂醉如泥,他刚才一直在和朋友们喝酒。
③表示一个近期内时断时续、重复发生的动作
You've been saying that for five years.
这话你已经说了五年了。
He has been writing articles to the newspapers and magazines since he became a teacher.
自从任教以来,他一直在为报刊杂志撰稿。
④表达较重的感情色彩
What have you been doing to my dictionary?
看你把我的字典弄成什么样子了!
Time has been flying so quickly!
时间过得可真快啊!
Too much has been happening today.
今天可真是个多事的日子。