一般不定式(to do)
使用情景1:表达愿望/期望的动词后+宾语+不定式。
这些动词包括:help, tell, want, would like, expect, need, mean, would prefer, persuade, cause, encourage.
例:Will you help me to pack?
使用情景2:某些介词动词+宾语+不定式。如wait for, arrange for
例:Can you wait for me to finish checking my mail?
I arranged for the students to have meal in the canteen.
形容词+不定式(easy to do)
1.一些形容词后接不定式可表示使人有某种感觉/反应。
例:His lectures are easy to understand. It's too heavy to carry.
2.介词可以跟在不定式后面
例:She's nice to talk to. Some things are hard to think about.
名词/代词+不定式(sth. to do)
1.可用“名词/代词+不定式”表示必须做/可能做的事情,这个名词/代词就是宾语,不需要另一个宾语。
例:I've got some phone calls to make.
Have you got enough to drink?
There's too much work to do.
2.在以上结构中介词可以跟在不定式后面。
例:I wish the children had a garden to play in.
I need somebody to talk to.
3.在非常正式的文体中,2.的介词还可以放在关系代词之前。
例:a garden in which to play
4.可用带 for 的结构显示不定式的主语。
例:Here are some documents for Mary to sign.
主语+不定式(for sb. to do)
1.在形容词/名词之后,如果不定式需要自身的主语,该主语由for引出。该结构常用于表示可能性、必要性、重要性、频率、表达看法等。
例:The plan was for John to buy a bus.
2.上述句式可用“there be”句型。
例:It's important for there to be a fire escape at the back of the building.