根据英语习惯,有些动词后面接另一个动词作宾语,所接动词习惯要用不定式形式,而不用动名词形式,这类动词(及短语动词)主要的有:
- afford 负担得起
- arrange 安排
- ask 要求
- care 想要
- choose 决定
- decide 决定
- demand 要求
- determine 决心
- expect 期待,预计
- help 帮助
- hesitate 犹豫
- hope 希望
- long 渴望
- manage 设法
- offer 主动提出
- plan 计划
- prepare 准备
- pretend 假装
- promise 答应
- refuse 拒绝
- want 想要
- wish 希望
比如:
- No politician can afford to ignore the power of television.
没有哪位政治家能无视电视的力量。 - Have you arranged to meet Mark this weekend?
你安排了这个周末见马克吗? - Did you ask to use the car?
你是提出想用这辆车吗? - She doesn't care to spend much time with her relatives.
她不喜欢花太多时间跟亲戚们呆在一起。 - Katie chose (= decided) to stay away from work that day.
凯蒂决定那天不去上班。 - Tina's decided to go to Rome for her holidays.
蒂娜已决定去罗马度假。 - He demanded to know the truth.
他要求知道事实真相。 - He determined to learn French.
他决定学法语。 - He expected to fail the examination.
他预料自己考试会不及格。 - How did you manage to finish it so soon?
你怎么这样快就完成了? - He pretended to like us, but he didn’t.
他假装喜欢我们,但其实并不喜欢。
注意:介词一般接动名词作宾语,但是 except, but, besides 三个介词却习惯上要动词不定式作宾语。如:
- They are talking about building a bridge over the river.
他们在讨论在河上修建一座桥的问题。 - They helped the farmers to the fields besides to get in their crops.
他们除了帮助农民们收割庄稼外还帮助农民们犁田。