Longman Dictionary of Common Errors 说下列句子是错误的：
If you are interested to know more about the town's history, you should visit the museum. 而必须更改为：
√ If you are interested in knowing more about the town's history, you should visit the museum.
并解释说,interested in +v-ing (有趣于做某事),而不用 to-v(见《朗文英语正误词典》, p.193)。请问 be interested 究竟能不能与 to-v(带 to 的不定式)连用?
be interested 除经常与 in sth. 或 in doing sth. 连用外,有时也可与 to do sth. 连用。be interested to do sth. 是指“有兴趣做某事”。因此,上面的所谓错句其实并不是什么错句。请看:
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He was interested to watch their faces and their costumes. (Sinclair) 他很乐意观看他们的面孔和服装。
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I will be most interested to hear your personal views on the station there. (Aldridge) 听一听你本人对那边车站的看法,我将是很感兴趣的。
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I couldn't make out why he was so interested to know all about you. (Wilde) 我不明白他为什么对于了解你的一切情况那么感兴趣。
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But having seen her again I was interested to learn of the state after these several years. (Dreiser) 但在再见到她以后,我很想了解这些年以后的情况。
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I was tremendously interested to see how a ship could be steered into a port at night with nothing but light-houses and a compass to guide you. 我非常想看一看船是怎样在黑夜里只凭灯塔和指南针的引导而驶进海港的。
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I was interested to read in the paper that scientists have found out how the universe began. (PEU) 我在报上读到科学家已发现宇宙是怎样产生的,很感兴趣。