第五章 動(dòng)詞
動(dòng)詞是表達(dá)句意的精髓,句子的時(shí)態(tài)、語態(tài)等全依靠動(dòng)詞來體現(xiàn)。
動(dòng)詞可分為實(shí)意動(dòng)詞(如:go, do, make)、系動(dòng)詞(如:be, remain, seem)、助動(dòng)詞和情態(tài)動(dòng)詞(見第七章)
實(shí)意動(dòng)詞又可分為及物動(dòng)詞,即可接賓語的詞,如:yield, resist, discover;和不及物動(dòng)詞,即不能直接接賓語的詞,如:go, begin, happen。有很多詞既是及物動(dòng)詞又是不及物動(dòng)詞,如:drop, grow, fail
第一節(jié) 不定式
不定式是動(dòng)詞的非謂語形式,它的構(gòu)成為:to+動(dòng)詞原形,to可視為不定式的標(biāo)志詞,兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞常用to連接構(gòu)成不定式。
不定式可以有多種形式,如:主動(dòng)式(to drink, to see)、被動(dòng)式(to be continued, to be understood)、完成式(to have completed, to have been adopted)、進(jìn)行式(to be leaving)等
不定式在句中常作下列成分:
考點(diǎn)一 不定式作賓語、主語或表語
1. 作賓語:不定式多接在謂語動(dòng)詞后作賓語
如:He decided to put in a good word for me at the meeting.
I didn’t expect to hear from you so soon.
常用的可接不定式賓語的動(dòng)詞有:decide, expect, determine, offer, forget, remember, want, prefer, wish, hope, continue, begin, attempt, agree, etc.
例:Human beings are social animals who usually prefer not to live in physical or psychological isolation.
2. 作主語:不定式短語可作主語
如:To see is to believe (百聞不如一見)
To work hard should be your major concern.
注意:由于英文不習(xí)慣句子主語過長(zhǎng),不定式主語常被形式主語it所代替(詳見第十七章)
例如上面第二句可以變?yōu)椋?It should be your major concern to work hard.
又如: It is very nice of you to help me.
It is hard for you to carry this heavy box.
3. 作表語:當(dāng)句子的主語是purpose, aim, duty, goal, hope, plan, suggestion, idea, intention, problem, mistake, reaction等表示“意圖”、“目的”、“功能”等意思的詞時(shí),一般由不定式作表語
如:His only purpose in life is to seek truth.
Our plan was to raise money for the new project.
例題:
(1)
Before the invention of the clock, people had to reliable on the celestial bodies to tell time.
應(yīng)改為:rely.
解釋:此處to是構(gòu)成不定式的標(biāo)志詞, 之后應(yīng)接動(dòng)詞原形
(2)
Chinese immigrants began ---- to the United States in large numbers in the middle of the nineteenth century.
(A) come
(B) to come
(C) to have come
(D) have come
答案:B
解釋:空格處需要began的賓語,可以是動(dòng)名詞或不定式,A, D是動(dòng)詞原形,可先排除;C是不定式的完成式,不符合begin的用法;只有B正確
(3)
The central purpose of management is for making every action or decision help achieve a carefully chosen goal.
應(yīng)改為:to make
解釋:主語purpose決定應(yīng)用不定式作表語,故改為to make