上一期谈过了Be的语法功能,这期来看Be+不定式动词这个常见结构可表示哪些语义。
Be+不定式动词在不同情况下,可以表示很多种不同的语义。下面便是其中九种:
⒈表示坚决的命令。例如:
1. This naughty boy is to stay here until the class is over.
2. No one is to enter this building without the permission of the security guard.
⒉表示计划或安排的事项。例如:
3. Betty is to be married soon.
4. An insurance agent is to meet us this afternoon.
⒊表示可能性。例如:
5. Are you to pay the debt for your wife?
6. The lovely puppy is nowhere to be found.
⒋表示意图或打算。例如:
7. If you are to be there on time, you had better hurry.
8. If all of us are to remain friendly, we must be sincere with one another.
⒌表示应该。例如:
9. You have done so well. You are to be rewarded.
10. Such nasty questions are to be avoided.
⒍表示不可避免。例如:
11. Anne was wondering what was to become of her boy friend, Tommy.
12. The murderer was sentenced to life imprisonment and was never to see his family again.
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