“不定式”作后置狀語(yǔ)的舉例
1)She was so angry as to be unable to speak.(她氣得連話都說(shuō)不出來(lái)了。)
2)I don't know her well enough to ask her for help.(我與她不太熟悉,不便請(qǐng)她幫忙。)
3)She was too angry to say anything.(她氣得什么都說(shuō)不出來(lái)了。)
4)I'm only too glad to help you.
注意與例3)的區(qū)別:only too與happy,pleased,glad 等詞使用時(shí),表示“非!保何曳浅T敢鈳椭悖軒椭阏媸翘吲d了)
5)We waited in the train for nearly three hours,only to be told that the appointment had been canceled.(only to…表示意想不到的結(jié)果:我們?cè)谟曛械攘私?個(gè)小時(shí),結(jié)果被告知約會(huì)取消了。)
6)To be fair,he has been working very hard recently.(公平地說(shuō),他最近工作一直非常努力。類似的表達(dá)方式還有:
to tell the truth(說(shuō)實(shí)話),to be frank(老實(shí)說(shuō)),to go without saying (不用說(shuō) / 毫無(wú)疑問)等。