当不定式在句子中充当定语来修饰名词或代词时,它和被修饰的名词/代词之间通常存在逻辑上的主谓关系、动作与状态的关系、同位关系或动宾关系。在大多数情况下,不定式需要放置在被修饰的名词/代词的后面。
1. 当名词或代词前面有序数词、形容词最高级作为修饰成分,或者被修饰的中心词本身就是序数词、形容词最高级时,常常使用不定式作为后置定语。
It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.(主谓关系)
它是赢得所有这三项大奖的第一部戏
He was the last guest to arrive.(主谓关系)他是最后一个来的客人。
2. 如果被修饰词前面有 the only, the very, the next 等限定词,则常常使用不定式作为定语。
The next thing to do is to relax yourself completely
(动宾关系)下一步要做的事情是完全放松你自己。
3. 一些抽象名词,如 time, way, ability, reason, chance, courage, opportunity 等,后面经常跟不定式作为定语。
I had a chance to visit the Great Wall last month.(同位关系)
上个月我有一个机会游览了长城。
I have a lot of work to do.(动宾关系)
我有很多工作要做。
4. 不定代词 something, nothing, little 等后面也常常使用不定式作为定语。
I have something important to tell you.(动宾关系)我有重要的事要告诉你。
Do you have anything else to say?(动宾关系)
你还有其他的要说的吗?
5. 如果作为定语的不定式是不及物动词,那么不定式的后面通常需要加上必要的介词。
Give me a pen to write with.(动宾关系)
6. 当不定式所表示的动作不是由主语发出的,那么不定式应该使用被动语态。
The airport to be completed next year will help promote tourism in this area.
(动宾关系)
下一年即将竣工的飞机场将有助于提升这个地区的旅游业。
题组训练
①I don’t think he is __________the job because heis careless.
我认为他不是做这项工作的最佳人选,因为他不细心。
②Amy was _________at the top of themountain.
Amy是唯一一个到达山顶的人。
③She has only a little room _______.
她只有一个小房间居住。
④I am going to Beijing next week. Do you have __________ to your son?
我下周打算去北京,你有东西要带给你儿子吗?
⑤He was the last one _______.
他是最后一个来的。
⑥He has the ability _______in Japanese. 他有用日语读写的能力。
⑦He is a nice person ______.
他是一个很好的工作注意:
⑧Do you have anything else ______?
你还有其他的要说吗?
⑨Australia is an unsafe place _____. 澳大利亚是一个居住或旅游安全的城市
⑩(2016·四川卷)For 25 days,she never left her baby, not even to findsomething_______.
答案:
1. the best man to do2.the only person to arrive3.to live in4.anything to be taken5.to come6.to read and write7.to work with8.to say
9.to live in or visit10.to eat