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An infinitive is the base form of a verb with “to”. 　　不定式基本形式为 to + do e.g. II. Infinitives in sentences As subject of a sentence. 作为句子主语。 e.g. To say is always easier than to do. To study hard increases your chance to go to college. 1) 不定式作主语，谓语动词应用三单形式。 e.g. 　To eat lots of cakes is unhealthy. 　To do sports makes you healthier 2)动名词也可以作为句子主语。两者的区别在于动名词表示一种习惯性，重复发生的动作。而不定式有将来，一次性的含义。 e.g. 　Learning is important.√ 　To learn is important. 3)也正因为不定式有未发生的含义，如果表示过去发 生的事情，主语只能用动名词。 e.g. 　To talk to you was the most stupid thing I have done. 　Talking to you was the most stupid thing I have done. √ 4)不定式做主语常置于句末，而用it代替其做形式主语，避免句子头重脚轻。 e.g. 　To feed the animals is my job. 　It’s my job to feed the animals. 　Its not easy to learn a foreign language well. 　=To learn a foreign language well is not easy. Its difficult for us to finish the work. 　对我们来说，完成这项工作很困难。 Its hard for me to answer your question. 　要我回答你的问题很难。 Its very kind of you to help me. 　你能帮我，真好。 Its foolish of him to go alone. 　他单独出去太傻了。　 it is + adj. + for (of) sb. to do sth. 介词用for还是of关键看形容词的性质。若形容词指人，则用of；指事情用for. 2. As predicative of a sentence. 作为句子表语。 e.g. What you should do is to leave here at once. The problem is how to do it. 不定式前可以加疑问词。 3. As object of a sentence. 作为句子宾语，放于动词后。 e.g. She wants to go to a movie. Mary needs to talk about her problems. 　作为宾语的不定式用法，需要结合动词 　固定搭配来记忆。 1）有些动词只能跟不定式宾语，常见的有： 　want, decide, agree, wish, fail, hope 等。e.g. 　I wish to have a pair of wings. 　They failed to catch the bus this morning. 有些动词则只能接动名词作为宾语，如finish, practise, enjoy, keep, be busy等。 e.g. 　Have you finished reading the book? 2)有些动词既可以接不定式宾语，又可以接动名词宾语，两者没有明显区别。 如：like to do / doing，begin to do /doing，start to do/ doing. e.g. 　It starts to rain.= It starts raining 3)有些动词接不定式宾语及动名词宾语意思上则有明显区别。如： stop to do sth．停止一件事，去做另一件事。 　stop doing sth．停止正在做的事。 e.g. 　When the teacher arrived, we stopped talking. 　When the teacher went out, we stopped to talk.