[語法] (1)受身は通例不可. (2)進行形も通例不可だが, 推移を表す場合は可：^×He is resembling his father. / He is resembling his father more and more as the years go by. 年をとるにつれて彼はだんだん父親に似てきている. (3)現在分詞の形容詞的用法は可能：a man resembling his father＝a man who resembles [^×is resembling] his father 父親に似ている人.