(3)动词不定式做状语
I’m sorry to hear that. 表原因
He is amazed for Mary to receive that letter from a stranger.表原因
He is happy for his daughter to marry a rich man.表目的
In order for his son to study abroad, he has been very thrifty for ten years. 表目的
He escaped the sword only to perish by famine. 他躲过了战争却死于饥荒。表结果
He tried to kill himself only to be saved. 表结果
做状语的不定式,可做评注性状语,对整个句子加以评述。例如下面的短语就常做这类状语:
To be honest, to speak frankly, to speak generally, to cut a long story short 等等
(4)不定式做表语
不定式做表语,一般都是回答主语(表示物或事情)是什么,有的书上解释成做主语补足语;动名词也有类此的用法,它们之间的区别在于:不定式一般比较具体,带有更多的修饰成分;动名词较抽象,一般带有的修饰成分少。分词做表语多是说明主语所处的状态, 特点, 性质,等等。例如:
My purpose is to help him.
His plan was to set up a big company.
His hope is for every student to work eight hours a day.
What impressed him most was to see the great changes that had happened there. 给他印象最深的是看到那里所发生的巨大变化。不定式做表语
The mountain is covered with snow all around the year. 山上终年覆盖着雪。过去分词做表语
比较:The glass is broken. 那个玻璃杯坏了。The glass was broken by him.那个玻璃杯是他打坏的。
To see is to believe. Seeing is believing. 眼见为实。不定式或动名词做表语。
My advice is for you to apologize to her. 我的建议是你向他道歉。不定式做表语。
The story he told us is very interesting. 他给我们讲的故事很有趣。
但是,当主语是人或有时是物时,不定式出现在be,remain,等系动词的后面表示要做的事情较多。例如:
The letter is for you to answer.
He is to blame. He is something to blame.
Something remains to do.
在seem,appear, prove等系动词的后面表示状态。例如:
He seems to know it.
He appears to be jobless.
The method proved to be effective.
Be to do 可表示将来计划好安排好的事情,可表示上级对下级的吩咐,要求,命令,也可以表示命中注定要发生的事情。例如:
You are to die at eighty-two. (上天安排。)
One is to struggle for one’s living. (自然安排)
You are to be back by ten o’clock. (吩咐)
Nobody is to say such a thing. (禁令)
If you are to study in Europe, you must learn about a foreign language.
Apples are to (can) be bought everywhere.
(5)动词不定式做补足语
The emperor ordered all the walls to be joined up. 皇帝命令把所有的城墙都连接起来。
We believe him to be honest.
He declared the rumor to be false.
不定式同被修饰词有多种关系,主要如下:1主谓关系,2 同位关系,3 动宾关系 4 形容词与状语的关系,5 动词与宾补关系,等等。例如:

