章振邦语法英语句子汉译:不定式分句
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不定式分句
当非限定动词结构出现在句中时,它便在深层结构上以主句的主语或其他名词性结构作为自己的"逻辑主语'
(logical subject),
从而形成“主谓结构',这就是“非限定分句' (non-finite
clause)限定分句包括不定式分句
(infinitive
clause) -ing分词分句
-in participle
clause) -ed 分词分句
(-ed participle clause)
。
1) 不定式分句的结构模式
不定式分句分为不带主语、带主语和带疑问词等三种形式。
a) 不带主语的不定式分句
所谓不带主语,指不定式的逻辑主语是隐含的,通常可以在上下文或情景中判定。
I hope to be
able to come.
我希望能来。
.He likes to
be invited.
他喜欢受到邀请。
All she seems
to do is (to)
gossip with her
neighbours. 所有她似乎要做的是确保聊天有邻居。
I expect to
have read this
book by next
Tuesday. 我希望读完这本书是在下周二之前。
He has a large
family to
support. 他有一个大家庭要负担。
He saw no way
out of it
except to hang
on and hope for
the best.
他没有办法了,只好坚持下去,保持态度乐观。
The best thing
would be to
tell everybody. 最好是告诉所有人。
有一些表示说话人对说话内容所持态度的不定式分句,其逻辑主语从内在意义上看就是说话人自己。
To be frank, I don't think
much of it. 坦白说,我不太喜欢这个。
To be frank (坦白地说),
you need
a great deal of
courage. 坦率地说,你需要很大的勇气。
To begin with (首先), I
think you are
wrong. 首先,我认为你错了。
To tell the truth
(说实话),I fogot
all about you request.
说实话,我一无所知的是你的要求。
To put it bluntly
(和你直说吧), that student
is sure to fail.
说白了,那个学生肯定会失败。
George is a very
good boy, to be
sure.
乔治是个很好的男孩,真的!
本书把上述不定式分句作评注性状语 (disjunct)
处理。
We considered
him to be a
good officer. 我们当时认为他是个好军官。
这个句子是 SVOC (主动宾补)结构,
to be a good
officer 的逻辑主语是主句的宾语 him,
若改为被动句则
He was considered
to be a good
officer. 他被认为是个好军官。
b) 带主语的不定式分句
不定式分句也能带有自己的主语,这个主语通常由 for
引导。
The best thing would
be for you to tell
everybody. 最好是你去告诉大家。
He opened the door for
the children to come in.
他开了门,让孩子们进来。
We'd be delighted for
you to come next
week.
很高兴你来的时间是下星期。
It's important for there
to be a
fire-escape.
重要的是有个安全出口。
这是由 for
引导的非限定there- 存在句,
there 是语法上的主语。间或也可由
with, rather than
等引导。
He knew that with him
to help, she could and would
succeed. 他知道有他帮忙,她就能成功。
What's to become of Miss Hilary
now, with her mother
and father
gone so quick, and
with nobody to
keep her in
check?
如何设想未来的希拉里小姐?
他的父母走得这么快,没有人去管她。
Rather than you
do the job ,
I'd prefer to
finis myself.
与其你做这个工作,我宁愿靠自己。
这里, rather than
是个近似并列连词
(quasi-coordinator),
后面跟不定式,位于句首用不带 to
的不定式;位于句中其他位置时,不定式带 to
或不带 to
均可,视情况而定。上句中的 do
是不带 to 的不定式。
Rather than Robert
drive (不带 to
不定式) in his
present state, I'd
prefer to drive him home myself.
不愿罗伯特开车的现状,我宁愿开车送他回家的是我自己。
间或也可不用任何词语引导,而把主语直接暨于不定式之前,构成传统所说的“独立结构'
(absolute
construction) 。
We shall assemble at ten forty-five, the
procession to start
moving at precisely
eleven.
我们集合的时间是在十点四十五分,队伍出发将在十一点准时。
The plan was that the
two parties should first reach an agreement on
the basic principle, the details
to be worked
out later.
计划是双方首先要达成协议的是基本原则,具体细节的制定推倒以后。
c) 带疑问词的不定式分句
不定式分句还可带疑问词(又叫 wh- 词)。
I don't know what to
do. 我不知道该怎么办?
The question of what to sell
is still undecided.
关于具体卖什么还没有决定。
间或也可以带有从属连词。
He opened his lips as
if to say
something.
他张开嘴唇,好像要说什么。
2) 才定式分句的句法功能
不定式分句可在句中作主语和主语补语,作宾语和宾语补语,以及在句中作状语;还可在名词词组中作修饰语,以及在形容词词组中作补足成分。
作主语和主语补语
To accept the
job would mean moving to Florida.
接受这份工作就意味着要搬到佛罗里达。
To