英语be动词形态复杂、功能繁多,为英语学习者带来了巨大的习得困难。前人对汉英中介语be动词的变异性研究主要集中在两大现象:省略和冗余使用。本文针对中国英语学习者广泛存在的be动词省略现象,总结前人研究的利弊,以促进教师的教学和学生的习得。 English be verbs form a complex, versatile, for English learners brought a huge learning difficulties. Previous studies on the variability of verbs in Chinese and English interlanguage verbs mainly focus on two major phenomena: omission and redundant use. This paper aims at the omission of be verbs widely existing in Chinese EFL learners and summarizes the pros and cons of previous researches in order to promote teachers’ teaching and student acquisition.