好学英文网导读：不定式是历次大学英语四级考试必考的内容。不定式在句子中可做 主语、宾语、表语、定语、状语和宾语补语。 1)不定式做主语一般表示具体的某次动作。 【例如】 To complete the 30stor

不定式是历次大学英语四级考试必考的内容。不定式在句子中可做

主语、宾语、表语、定语、状语和宾语补语。

1)不定式做主语一般表示具体的某次动作。

【例如】

To complete the 30storied building in one year was

quite a difficult task.

To do that implies taking responsibility.

当主语较长，谓语较短时，常用it做形式主语，而将不定式放到

谓语的后面。

【例如】

It is important for modern young people to master

at least two foreign languages.

It做形式主语，不定式放在谓语动词之后常用于下列结构中：

a) It is＋形容词(easy, important, difficult, foolish,

inconvenient, unnecessary, right, wrong...)＋( for/of sb.)＋

不定式

【例如】

It is essential to reserve a table in advance of

Christmas Eve. hard to put my hopessintoswords.

It is not easy to catch fish with your hands only.

It is important for us young people to learn English and

master it.

b) It is＋名词(a pleasure, a pity, a pleasant thing,

one’s duty, an honor, a shame, a crime, no easy job...)

＋不定式

It is a sheer waste of time to read that kind of trash.

It is a pity to have to go without her.

It is a glorious death to die for the people.

c) It takes (sb.) some time (hours, months, days,

a lot of time, patience...)＋不定式

It takes me three hours to learn English each day.

It took them half the night to get home in the snow.

2)不定式作表语不定式作表语常表示将来的动作，主语常常是表示

意向、打算、计划的词，如wish, idea, task, purpose, duty,

job等。

【例如】

The most important thing for one’s health is to have

plenty of exercise.

My chief purpose has been to point out the difficulties of

the matter.

The purpose of the organization is to greet all new comers

to the city and to provide them with any necessary

information.

What I wanted was to get the work done as quickly as possible.

3)不定式作宾语不定式常在下列动词后面作宾语：

afford,agree,apply,arrange,ask,attempt,beg,begin,care,

choose,claim,consent,demand,decide,desire,determine,

expect,fail,hope,hesitate,hate,intend,learn,like,manage,mean,

neglect,offer,plan,prepare pretend,promise,refuse,resolve,

seek,tend,threaten,want等。

【例如】

I like to go out for walks in the warm sunshine in

spring.

My mother hates to move from place to place, for she feels

tired.I decide to work hard and get doctor’s degree.

The room is designed to be my study,but now it has to

be used as a bedroom for the children.

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