不定式作主語,往往用it作形式主語,真正的主語不定式放至句子的后面。
例如:It’s so nice to hear your voice. 聽到你的聲音真高興。
It’s necessary for you to lock the car when you do not use it. 不用車的時候,鎖車是有必要的。
It’s very kind of you to help us.他幫助我們,他真好。
It seemed selfish of him not to give them anything.他不給他們任何東西,這顯得太自私了。
但是,用不定式作主語的句子中還有一個不定式作表語時,不能用It is… to…的句型。另外,這樣的句子,不能用動名詞作表語。例如:
(對)To teach is to learn.
(錯)It is to learn to teach.
(錯)To teach is learning.
(錯)Teaching is to learn.
典型例題
The chair looks rather hard, but in fact it is very comfortable to ___.
A. sit B. sit on C. be seat D. be sat on
答案:B. 如果不定式為不及物動詞,其后應有必要的介詞。當動詞與介詞連用時,常位于"形容詞+動詞不定式"結構的末尾。