关于语法问题,新概念三册第一课puma at large

题目

关于语法问题,新概念三册第一课puma at large
for the description given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinrily similar.请问这里的given by people given 是give的过去式吗?如果说given by people做定语修饰description,那for the description given by people were extrordinrily similar 如何翻译呢?这里为什么要用given呢?一个自学者,期望您的回答.

答案

give 过去式是 gave. given 是过去分词.
for the description given by people (人们给出的描述) were extraordinarily similar (都极其相似).
过去分词一般用于‘完成时态和被动语态’.‘描述’不能自己给出,只能是被人给出.
即：the description given by people = people gave the description.
因为此处用的是‘被动语态’,所以用 given . 祝你天天快乐.