238 形式

 

A 动词不定式各种形式的举例

不定式的现在式:                         to work to do

不定式的现在进行式:                  to be working

                                             to be doing

不定式的完成式:                         to have worked

                                                     to have done

定式的完成进行式:                      to have been working

                                                     to have been doing

不定式的现在式的被动形式:        to be done

不定式的完成式的被动形式:        to have been done

B 不定式的整个形式包括两个字:to+动词,如上所示;但在一些特定的动词和表达方法之后用不带to的不定式形式(参见第246节):

You had better say nothing

你最好什么也不说。(参见第120节。)

C 一般不宜在to与动词之间置入别的字;但有时有人这样用,见第248节分裂不定式。

D 为了避免重复,有时不定式的to可代替整个不定式:

Do you smoke

Nobut I used tosmoke).

―你吸烟吗?

―不,但我以前吸烟。(参见第247节。)