英語(yǔ)講義【62】不定式動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)修飾形容詞
在前兩期，談過(guò)了不定式動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)具有副詞功能，可以修飾謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。這里要談的是不定式動(dòng)詞或短語(yǔ)的另一種功能：修飾形容詞。
下列是四種不同情況：
⒈主語(yǔ)是人，句子里的形容詞用來(lái)反映主語(yǔ)的情緒或感受 ，如：
① I am sorry to have to say good-bye to you.
② Tom was angry to hear Janet complain so much.
③ Are you glad to return to Singapore after so many years abroad?
④ The students were bored to listen to the same story time and again.
①-④里的不定式動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)（infinitive phrases）都在修飾前面的形容詞或等同語(yǔ)，把形容詞的含義進(jìn)一步帶出來(lái)。
類(lèi)似的形容詞甚多，包括：happy, proud, furious, impatient ；還有形容詞等同語(yǔ) amazed, annoyed, ashamed, delighted 等，也適用于此。
⒉主語(yǔ)也多數(shù)是人，形容詞反映主語(yǔ)的意圖，如：
⑤ Sometimes, old staff are reluctant to help new recruits.
⑥ Why are you so anxious to go home?
⑦ I am inclined to befriend good people.
⑧ Bill is prone to get mad.
⑨ Jack is determined to go abroad for further studies.
⑩ It you have any problem, please let me know. I will be most willing to help you.
其他適用于這結(jié)構(gòu)的形容詞及等同語(yǔ)，包括：eager, reading, unwilling, disappointed 等。
⒊形容詞反映人們對(duì)主語(yǔ)的評(píng)論，如：
（11） This water is good to drink.
（12） The salesman was rude to speak to his customers.
（13） Judy was bold to argue with her superior.
（14） Tom was thoughtless to say something like that.
其他可以被這樣修飾的形容詞還有：brave, careless, cruel, absurd, foolish 等。
⒋形容詞反映主語(yǔ)的特色，并進(jìn)一步由不定式動(dòng)詞或短語(yǔ)加以證實(shí)，如：
（15） The coffee you want is now ready to drink.
（16） Your handwriting is so cursive that it is very difficult to make it out.
（17） Semi-cooking rice is hard to digest in the stomach.
（18） Jasons articles on language learning are easy to understand.
（19） Such a task will be tough to perform at a short time.
（20） The principals idea is simple to realise.
（21） This type of women is able to get angry on the slightest provocation.
（22） He married her, but she is in love with another man. Their relationship is too complicated to explain.
在前兩期，談過(guò)了不定式動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)具有副詞功能，可以修飾謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。這里要談的是不定式動(dòng)詞或短語(yǔ)的另一種功能：修飾形容詞。
下列是四種不同情況：
⒈主語(yǔ)是人，句子里的形容詞用來(lái)反映主語(yǔ)的情緒或感受 ，如：
① I am sorry to have to say good-bye to you.
② Tom was angry to hear Janet complain so much.
③ Are you glad to return to Singapore after so many years abroad?
④ The students were bored to listen to the same story time and again.
①-④里的不定式動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)（infinitive phrases）都在修飾前面的形容詞或等同語(yǔ)，把形容詞的含義進(jìn)一步帶出來(lái)。
類(lèi)似的形容詞甚多，包括：happy, proud, furious, impatient ；還有形容詞等同語(yǔ) amazed, annoyed, ashamed, delighted 等，也適用于此。
⒉主語(yǔ)也多數(shù)是人，形容詞反映主語(yǔ)的意圖，如：
⑤ Sometimes, old staff are reluctant to help new recruits.
⑥ Why are you so anxious to go home?
⑦ I am inclined to befriend good people.
⑧ Bill is prone to get mad.
⑨ Jack is determined to go abroad for further studies.
⑩ It you have any problem, please let me know. I will be most willing to help you.
其他適用于這結(jié)構(gòu)的形容詞及等同語(yǔ)，包括：eager, reading, unwilling, disappointed 等。
⒊形容詞反映人們對(duì)主語(yǔ)的評(píng)論，如：
（11） This water is good to drink.
（12） The salesman was rude to speak to his customers.
（13） Judy was bold to argue with her superior.
（14） Tom was thoughtless to say something like that.
其他可以被這樣修飾的形容詞還有：brave, careless, cruel, absurd, foolish 等。
⒋形容詞反映主語(yǔ)的特色，并進(jìn)一步由不定式動(dòng)詞或短語(yǔ)加以證實(shí)，如：
（15） The coffee you want is now ready to drink.
（16） Your handwriting is so cursive that it is very difficult to make it out.
（17） Semi-cooking rice is hard to digest in the stomach.
（18） Jasons articles on language learning are easy to understand.
（19） Such a task will be tough to perform at a short time.
（20） The principals idea is simple to realise.
（21） This type of women is able to get angry on the slightest provocation.
（22） He married her, but she is in love with another man. Their relationship is too complicated to explain.
