Grammar: Verbal - Infinitive
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语法:非限定动词(非谓语动词)-- 动词不定式(2)
1.4 不定式作定语:
1) 修饰名词或代词,放在名词或代词的后面。这时被修饰的名词与不定式之间有主谓关系。
I have a lot of things to do.
There are so many books on education, so it is hard for me to decide
which book to buy.
Find yourself a chair to sit on.
I cannot find any weapon to use.
2) 一些表示企图、努力、打算、倾向、目的、能力等意义的名词,和要求不定式作其宾语的动词的相应名词,其后要求不定式作名词,如:
ability, attempt, effort, failure, intent…等。
When certain parts of the brain were damaged, men lost the ability to
do certain things.
1.5 不定式作状语:作状语的不定式要与其逻辑主语在意义和数上保持一致
1) 表示目的
You need a special material to stick the
two things together.
Animals must fight each other to stay alive.
2) 表示结果
He must earn money enough to support himself.
I am too sleepy to stay awake.
3) 表示原因
I am sorry to trouble you.
It's very kind of you to say so.
1.6 不定式作宾语补足语:下列这些动词往往要求宾语有补足语advise, allow, ask, enable, beg,
cause, encourage, expect, force, get, invite, persuade, pretend, teach,
want…
Did you intend us to use this new method?
The teacher encourages us to use correct sentences.
His specialized training enables him to complete the task.
* 感官动词和某些使意动词的宾补可省略 to (help后可带to也可不带to )
I often heard him say that his family was very happy.
We must have a person clean the room.
I saw her cry in the street yesterday.
1.7 不定式的一般式、完成式、进行式和完成进行式。
1) 不定式表示的动作和谓语表示的动作同时或几乎同时发生时,不定式用一般式。
Millions of people are waiting to welcome
him.
A few years later he returned to find that his hometown had greatly
changed.
2) 强调不定式表示的动作在谓语发生动作时正在发生,这时不定式用进行式。
When he came in I happened to be washing
my feet.
He seems to be recovering.
3) 不定式表示的动作发生在谓语表示的动作之前,不定式用完成式。
She seems to have read the book before.
I feel relaxed to have finished a long journey.
4) 不定式表示的动作发生在谓语表示的动作之前,而且一直在进行,这时不定式用完成式。
We are happy to have been working with you
for so long time.
1.8 动词不定式的被动形式:当动不定式的逻辑主语是动作的承受者时,此不定式用被动语态。
Most of the dust seems to have been blown away.
Do you have anything to be declared?"
The next thing to be done is to pick up the baggage.
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