主动词按其基本词汇意义可以分为动态动词（Dynamic Verb)和静态动词（Stative Verb)。 静态动词表示一种静止状态，包括“存在”和“拥有”的动词，如be,have, own, belong, exist, hold(容纳）等；表示度量的动词，如cost, weigh, measure等；表示五官感觉的动词，如see, hear, taste, smell, feel等；以及 表示心理状态的动词，如 believe, think, know, remember, forget, understand, love, like ,hate, detest(讨厌）等。

例如：

The house belongs to his father. 这幢房子属于他的父亲。

This hall can hold three hundred people. 这大厅能容纳300人。

This typewriter costs 200 dollars. 这台打字机值200美元。

This bundle of firewood wighs 150 kilos.这捆柴重150公斤。

I can see a plane in the sky. 我看见天上有架飞机。

These oranges taste nice. 这些桔子味道好。

I understand him to be honest. 我知道他是诚实的。

She hated being flattered. 她讨厌别人奉承她。

When a verb describes a state andnot an action we do not use the continuous tense. For example, ‘play’is an action so we can say ‘playing’ whereas ‘be’ is a fixed state which does not change: ‘To be, or not to be’.

Grammatically it is not correct to say ‘I’m loving it’ even though McDonalds have made this expression famous. ‘Love’ is a state verb and so we should say ‘I love it.’

State verbs generally fall into 4 groups:

Emotion: love, hate, want, need

Possession: have, own, want, belong

Senses: see, hear, smell, seem

Thought: know, believe, remember

Here are some more examples of state verbs:

State Verbs

doubt　dislike　understand　suspect

loathe　own　belong　know

like　need　want　seem

mean　believe　forget　remember

prefer　hate　love　see

some verbs can be both state and action verbs

Some words can be state verbs and action verbs. The meaning of these verbs is then different. Take a look at these:

'I have a car.’ ­– state verb showing possession

'I am having a bath.’ ­– action verb which, in this case, means ‘taking’.

‘I think you are cool.’ – state verb meaning ‘in my opinion’.

‘I am thinking about buying a motorbike.’ – action verb meaning ‘considering’

一般来说，静态动词是不能用于现在进行时的，因为他们不是一个持续的动作，但是当现在进行时与频度副词 always，constantly，continually,forever等连用时，此时静态动词也是可以有进行时态的，因为此时表示的是带有一定感情色彩的，如令人不满、厌烦或关心、赞叹的事。

e.g.You're always seeing something strange.

I'm continually forgetting people's name.

How are you feeling today?