The Sorbonne ,a famous university,is located on the left side of the river.为什么要用is located,为什么不能用locates?

The Sorbonne ,a famous university,is located on the left side of the river.为什么要用is located,为什么不能用locates?
The Sorbonne ,a famous university,is located on the left side of the river.为什么要用is located,为什么不能用locates?

The Sorbonne ,a famous university,is located on the left side of the river.为什么要用is located,为什么不能用locates?
be located +地点,固定用法.locate是作为及物动词来用的

因为Sorbonne是一个地点，它是”被“建立在河的左边。
被。。。是 be+动词过去式

被动语态 被坐落于 用locates 要改变句式 locates in somewhere