第五讲 不定式
5.1 不定式(The Infinitive)的形式
| 主动形式 | 被动形式 | |
| 一般式 | to write | to be Written |
| 进行式 | to be writing | / |
| 完成哉 | to have written | to have been written |
| 完成进行式 | to have been writing | / |
注:i) 不定式的否定是“not+不定式”。例如:
Jane asked me not to mention it.
ii) 不定式前面可以加特殊疑问词,如how to do, when to leave, what to say等。
5.2 不定式的句法功能
1) 作主语
a) 不定式作主语时,常用it放在句首代替不定式,而将不定式移到谓语后面。例如:
To complete the 24-storied building in 10 months was a great achievement.
(=It was a great achievement to complete the 24-storied building in lo months.)
To be a good teacher requires/patience.
(=It requires patience to be a good teacher.)
b) 有时用“介词for/of+代词/名词”表示不定式的逻辑主语,但要注意它们在意思上的区别。
例如:
i) It is important for you to use your time wisely.(=It is important that you use your time wisely.)
ii) It was brave of him to dive from the cliff.(=He was brave to dive from the cliff=How brave (it was) of him to dive from the cliff.)
用在ii)类句子作主语补语的形容词有absurd,bold,brave,careful,careless,cowardly,cruel,foolish,generous,good,honest,kind,nice,polite,rude,selfish,silly,stupid,thoughtful,thoughtless,wicked,wise,wrong等。
2) 作宾语
a) 动词+不定式
We hope to have more opportunities to talk with native speakers.
He promised not to tell anyone about it.
能带不定式作宾语的动词还有afford,agree,ask,attempt,beg,begin,bother,care,choose,claim,consent,decide,demand,desire,dislike,endeavour,expect,fail,fear,forget,hate,help,hesitate,intend,learn,like,love,manage,mean,neglect,offer,plan,pledge,prefer,prepare,pretend,refuse,remember,resolve,start,threaten,undertake,venture,volunteer,vow,want,wish等。
b) 动词+wh-词+不定式
They asked how to get to the railway station.
Have you decided whether to go for an outing?
能以这种结构作宾语的动词还有:consider,discover,explain,forget,guess,know,learn,observe,remember,see,tell,understand,wonder等。
3) 作宾语补语
a) 动词+名词/代词+不定式
He challenged Ann to race him to the school.
We should get him to see a doctor.
He told me where to take the bus.
能带这种结构作宾语补语的动词还有:advise,allow,ask,be9,cause,command,compel,enable,determine,encourage,expect,。feel,find,force,hate,*have,*hear,*help,inform,invite,*let,like,*make,mean,need,*notice,notify,oblige,order,permit,persuade,remind,request,require,*see,send,teach,tell,tempt,trouble,urge,want,warn,watch,wish等。
注:有*号的动词后面的不定式零带to。
b) 动词+it+形容词/名词+不定式
He feels it challenging to be a supermarket manager.
宾语补语 宾 语
Robert doesn’t think it advisable for Mary to be on a diet.
能带这种结构作宾语补语的动词还有consider,judge,make等。
c) 动词+名词/代词+to be.../to have...
They appointed Professor Johnson to be the president of the university.
We believe him to have the best collection of stamps in the country.
能带这种结构作宾语补语的动词还有:choose,declare,find,guess,imagine,judge,prove,report,select,think等。
这种结构多用于正式文体,在口语或非正式文体中常用宾语从句。例如:
We believe that he has the best collection of stamps in the country.
4) 作定语
a) 由only,last,next序数词或形容词最高级修饰的名词常用不定式作定语。例如:
He is always the last one to leave the office.
This is the third case of smallpox to occur in the town.
I don’t think he is the best man to do the job.
b) 不定式常用作下列名词/代词的定语:ability,ambition,anything,attempt,capability,chance,curiosity,desire,decision,determination,effort,failure,intention,need,nothing,opportunity,place,plan,promise,reason,right,something,tendency,time,way,wish等。例如:
Anything to do with the sun is called “solar”.
I have no desire to travel.
There’s no need to bother him with such trifles.
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