不定式特殊结构

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请看2002年高考的英语试题24题:
The mother didn’t know______ to blame for the broken glass as it happened while she was out.
A who B when C how D what
答案是 A。
这种“疑问词+不定式”构成的短语叫做不定式特殊结构。疑问词通常为who, whom, which, what, when, where, how, whether等。它在句子中的作用相当于一个名词短语,可以作主语、宾语、表语和同位语。
1.主语
Who to fly first is not clear.
Where to have the basketball game worried us a lot.
How to swim is more important.
It’s a problem what to do next.
2.宾语
Don’t forget when to start the machine.
I wonder whether to leave or stay.
I don’t know who to speak to. (=I don’t know to whom to speak.)
Please tell me when to use the vacuum cleaner.
I’ll show you how to start the laptop.
由上面的例句可以看出不定式特殊结构可以作两类动词的宾语:
(1) 能接不定式特殊结构作宾语的单宾动词有consider, decide, explain, find out, forget, hear, know, learn, remember, see, understand, wonder等。
但是应该注意:
a. learn how to do something 与learn to do something在含义上没有区别,如:
Lily learnt how to swim quickly. = Lily learnt to swim quickly.
b. 不定式特殊结构也可以作介词宾语,如:
They were quarrelling about who to feel the elephant first.
Peter has no idea of how to operate on the mouse.
c. 作宾语的不定式特殊结构有时可以转换成作主语的不定式特殊结构,如:
We haven’t decided which to choose.
= Which to choose hasn’t been decided.
这里主动的不定式表示了被动的含义。
(2) 能接不定式特殊结构作宾语的双宾动词有advise, ask, show, teach, tell等,此时,间接宾语就
是不定式特殊结构的逻辑主语,如:
I’ll advise you where to start.
Bill showed me how to drive the plane.
3.表语
The most important is where to hold the meeting.
What I want to learn is how to use Windows XP.
The question is when and where to go to see the film.
注意:作表语的不定式特殊结构有时可以转换成作主语的不定式特殊结构,如:
The problem is what to do next.
=What to do next is the problem.
=It’s a problem what to do next.
4.同位语
One problem---which course to choose---worried me for hours.
I’ve met a puzzle where to put all these books.
从以上例句可以看出不定式特殊结构的意义和句法功能,其用法可以归纳为口诀,以便于记忆:
(不定式特殊结构)
没有进行时态,
没有被动语态,
没有why。
凡是规律都有例外,而例外恰好证明了规律的存在。why可以与不带to 的不定式连用,如:
Why not sit here? (建议)
Why sit here? (责备)
最后,还要注意介词的介入, 如:
At that time, we lacked words in which to express our thanks.
此时,介词in 与 不定式特殊结构构成介词短语,相当于一个定语从句,修饰words,即:
At that time, we lacked words in which we could express our thanks.
原句仍然可以转换为不定式,即:
At that time, we lacked words to express our thanks in.
又如:
The factory has bought a new machine with which to make the spare parts.
=The factory has bought a new machine with which they can make the spare parts.
=The factory has bought a new machine to make the spare parts with.
Mary is not a person on whom to rely.
=Mary is not a person on whom you may rely.
=Mary is not a person to rely on.
不定式特殊结构看似简单,但是运用起来要注意方方面面。运用不定式特殊结构时,我们首先应该关注一般规律,然后留意例外的特殊情况,那么就不会犯挂一漏万的错误。
主要参考书:
薄冰 英语语法札记 第五辑 外语教学与研究出版社 1999
L. G. 亚历山大 朗文英语语法 外语教学与研究出版社 1991
Michael Swan PRACTICAL ENGLISH USAGE Oxford University Press 1995
章振邦 新编英语语法 上海译文出版社 1981
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