It's got a whole range of grammatical use now, both transitive and intransitive, you get, 'it's been dumbed down', 'it's being dumbed down' ...

Dumb如今在语法上有一系列的新用法，可以是及物动词，也可以是不及物动词，例如：“it's been dumbed down”或“it's being dumbed down”等。

So, if you have " vt" , then the entry will be for the transitive verb.

所以如果你看到了" vt" ，说明个入口讲的都是及物动词。

" Go off" is what we call an intransitive verb.

go off就是我们所说的不及物动词短语。

Then there's the intransitive verb - that's a verb without an object.

那，样就会说到不及物动词decline——也就是不带宾语。

" Raise" is a transitive verb, which means it takes a direct object.

“raise”是及物动词，味着后面可以直接跟宾语。

'Lie' is an intransitive verb and it has no object.

lie 是不及物动词，没有宾语。

These are all perfect sentences. Many such thoughts make little rational sense, but even the stranger ones (Plums deify! ) have a kind of poetic weight that's nice.

些都是完全正确的句子。样的句子并没有实际义，但即便是些奇怪的组合（李子崇拜，「作者举了一个很极端的例子来说明任何名词加动词都可以构成句子。事实上，原文的Plumsdeify！作为一个句子很难成立，因为deify只能作为及物动词使用，后面要带宾语。个动词的思是" 把… … 当做神来崇拜”、··把… … 奉为神明”。」)也具有一种不错的诗的分量。

A transitive verb is just a verb that needs an object to express its complete action so the phrasal verb look at is transitive.

及物动词是需要一个宾语来表达其完整动作的动词，因此所以短语动词 look at 是及物的。

" Eat" is intransitive, which means we do not have to say it. So, you can say this: I'm really hungry. Let's eat!

“Eat”是不及物动词，也就是说我们不必说吃了什么或者要吃什么。所以，你可以么说：我好饿。我们吃饭吧！

English speakers do not generally use intransitive verbs, verbs that do not take an object, in the passive voice.

英语母语人士一般不使用不及物动词，即不带宾语的动词。

“Work out” is a transitive verb, meaning to do physical exercise to make your body strong or healthy.

“锻炼”是及物动词，思是做体育锻炼，使你的身体强壮或健康。

Intransitive verbs, such as " go off, " do not have a direct object.

不及物动词短语是没有直接宾语的，如" go off" 。

Now, once you know how to recognise a phrasal verb you need to learn how to use it correctly and one of the first things that you need to find out is is it a transitive or an intransitive phrasal verb?

那么，如果你知道如何辨识一个动词短语，你需要学会如何正确地使用它，而当中你首先需要知道的就是它是一个及物动词短语还是一个不及物的动词短语？

Grow out of is a transitive verb so you have to follow it with a noun.

“grow out of”是及物动词短语，所以你必须在后面加一个名词。

Now in the 1990s, we get a different grammatical use - a use of the verb without an object, an intransitive use, 'they're dumbing down'.

而到了20世纪90年代，dumb有了另一种截然不同的语法用法——其后不接某物，也就是作为不及物动词使用，如“they're dumbing down”（后面没有带宾语）。

Betty Azar, a grammar expert, notes that English speakers generally use only transitive verbs, or verbs followed by an object, in the passive voice.

语法专家贝蒂·阿扎指出，英语母语人士在被动语态中通常只使用及物动词，或者后跟宾语的动词。

Baraka starts the line with adverbial information, and then uses the basic transitive verb pattern: I count the stars.

阿米利·巴拉卡以状语信息开头，然后使用了基本的及物动词句型：我数星星。

If there's a non-transitive version of this verb or a non-transitive use, they will separate that into different entries.

如果不是及物动词形式或者不是及物动词用法，那就需要去看另外的分类了。

That means, in sentences, we cannot separate them with other words.

也就是说，在句子中，我们无法在不及物动词短语中间插入其他词。

The short answer is that " raise" is a transitive verb and " rise" is intransitive.

简单来说，“raise”是及物动词，“rise”是不及物动词。