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Part Ⅲ 语法专题
——动词不定式的用法
动词不定式在句中可作主语、宾语、定语、表语、状语和宾语补足语。
观察与发现
1.动词不定式作主语
[观察1]
To know oneself is difficult.人贵有自知之明。
To say is one thing and to do is another.说是一回事,做又是另一回事。
[发现1]不定式具有名词的特征,可在句子中充当主语。
[观察2]
It's rude to turn your back to your teacher and refuse to answer.
背对着老师、拒绝回答问题是不礼貌的。
It seemed a pity to have wasted so much time. 浪费了这么多时间,真是遗憾。
[发现2]当不定式短语较长时,通常用it作形式主语,把不定式移到谓语之后,平衡句子结构。
[高考例句]
①It's not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.
确定天才的本性并不是一件简单的事情。
②The host will like it if you have learned to use chopsticks.
如果你学会了用筷子,主人会喜欢的。
it是形式主语,真正的主语是后面的动词不定式短语
it作形式宾语,if从句作真正的宾语
2.动词不定式作宾语
[观察1]
Father likes to listen to music in silence. 父亲喜欢静静地听音乐。
He prefers to be starved to death rather than beg. 他宁愿饿死也不愿乞讨。
[发现1]不定式可以充当部分及物动词的宾语。
[观察2]
We meant to have stayed there a week. 我们原打算在那儿待一个星期的。
I wanted to have dropped her a line, but forgot to do so. 我原想写一个便条给她,但忘记了。
[发现2]在表示“希望、打算”等动词(如hope, expect, intend, mean, want, forget等)的过去式后,可接动词不定式的完成式来表示没有实现的动作。
[观察3]
The teacher made no comments except to tell him to work hard.
老师除了叫他努力学习外,未做任何评价。
He had no choice but to sit there as usual.
他没有选择,只好像往常一样坐在那儿。
[发现3]不定式可以作介词but和except的宾语。
[观察4]
I found it possible to work out the problem without a computer.
我发现有可能不用计算机而解出这道题目。
[发现4]在feel, find, make, think, consider等动词后,如果宾语带有宾语补足语,人们常常用it作形式宾语,而把真正的宾语放在宾语补足语之后。
[高考例句]
①New technologies have made it possible to turn out new products faster and at a lower cost.
新技术使得以更快的速度且更低的价格生产新产品成为可能。
②The friends who introduced me to camping thought that it meant to be a pioneer.
让我了解了露营的朋友们认为露营就意味着要成为一个开拓者。
③Depending on which role you choose, you could help to increase a community's access to safe drinking water, or help to protect valuable local cultures.
根据您所选择的角色,您可以帮助增加社区获得安全饮用水的机会,或者帮助保护有价值的当地文化。
④If he takes on this work, he will have no choice but to meet an even greater challenge.
如果他承担这项工作,他将别无选择,只有面对甚至更大的挑战。
提示:it作形式宾语,真正的宾语是不定式短语
提示:mean to do...注定做……
3.动词不定式作定语
[观察1]
The future to greet us will