常这样用的形容词有:comfortable, easy, dangerous, difficult, expensive, fit, impossible等。
⒉ 作结果状语
We came home after our holiday to find our garden neat and tidy. 不定式作结果状语还常用在下列句式中。如: ①so…as to; such…as to
I'm not so stupid(a fool) as to put it in writing.我不至于愚蠢到会把它写下来。
I'm not such a stupid fool as to put it in writing. ②enough…to
The speed is high enough for us to catch up with thefirst liner. ③only to
Jane hurried back only to find her mother dying inthehospital. ④too…to
I'm too tired to stay up longer.
但在下列结构中,too…to并非是“太……而不能……”之意。如:
①I'm only too glad to have passed the exam.考试及格我太高兴了。(too修饰glad to have…,相当 于very)
②We have too much to learn.我们要学的太多了(不定式作定语)。 ⒊不定式短语还可作独立成分,用于句首、句中或句末。如:
To tell the truth, the play was a great disappointment tome. 常见的短语有to be exact(确切地说),to begin with(首先),to do him justice(说句对他公道的 话),to be sure(真的)等等。 七、动词不定式、动名词的其它用法 ⒈疑问词+不定式结构
疑问词who, what, which, when, where, whether, how后可接不定式构成不定式短语,在句中作主语、宾语、表 语等。如:
①When to leave for London has not been decided yet. ②Mr. Smith didn't know whether to leave or stay there. ③I asked Professor Xu how to learn English well. ④The question was where to get the medicine needed. 以上例句中疑问词+不定式部分,均可转换为相应的从句形式。如:①When we shall leave…③…how I could learn…
经常在这种结构中使用的动词有:consider, decide, discover, explain, find out, forget, hear, know, learn, observe, understand, wonder等。 ⒉动词不定式的时态、语态 (1)时态 ①一般式:动词不定式一般式表示的动作发生在谓语动词之后,有时表示同时发生。如:
I hope to become a university student this year.(to become发生在hope之后)
We often hear Dick play the piano in the next room.(play和hear同时发生) ②完成式:表示的动作发生在谓语动词所表示的动作之前。如: I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
We are too young to have seen the old society. ③进行式:表示的动作与谓语动词同时发生。如:
The teacher happened to be correcting our papers when I came in. They seemed to be discussing something important. (2)语态
如果动词不定式的逻辑主语是这个不定式所表示的动作的承受者,不定式一般要用被动语态形式。如:
It's a great honour to be invited to Mary's birthday party.(不定式作主语) It was impossible for lost time to be made up.(不定式作主语) I wish to be sent to work in the country.(不定式作宾语)
Can you tell me which is the car to be repaired?(不定式作定语) He went to the hospital to be examined.(不定式作状语) 在There be结构中,修饰主语的不定式可用被动,也可用主动。如:There are still many things to take care of (to be taken care of).但有时两种形式表达的意思不同,如:These is nothing to do now.( We have nothing to do now.) There is nothing to be done now.(We can do nothing now.) ⒊动名词的时态、语态 (1)时态
①一般式:动名词的一般式所表示的动作可以是泛指,也可与谓语动词同时发生,或发生在谓语动作之前 、之后。如:
We are interested in collecting stamps.
I shall never forget seeing the Great Wall for the first time. We are not afraid of dying.
②完成式所表示的动作发生在谓语动词之前。如: Imagine having travelled on the moon.
We were praised for having finished the work ahead of time. (2)被动语态
①如果动名词的逻辑主语为动名词所表示的动作的承受者,动名词要用被动语态,动名词的被动语态有一 般式与完成式之分。如:
The young man came in without being noticed.
He prided himself on having never been beaten in class. ②有些动词后的动名词用主动形式,但表示被动意义。如: The bike needs repairing.
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.