leave(v.)7

上面这些句子的歧义是由于leave具有两种不同的用法和意义造成的。

A. leave 用作不及物动词或及物动词,作“离开”解:

1. His friend told them to leave there. (TOEFL) 他的朋友叫他们离开那里。

2. “What did your aunt say?” “She asked me not to leave yet.” (TOEFL) “你婶婶说什么?” “她叫我现在不要离开。”

3. He has left his wife. (Palmer) 他离开了他的妻子。

根据这种分析,你所提问的三个句子的意思分别是:

(1) 她抱着婴儿离开了他。(She left him, with the baby in her arms.)

(2) 她离开了他,一个人去度假。(She left him in order to go on holiday alone.)

(3) 她离开了他, 以便完成这项工作。(She left him in order to finish the job.) B. leave 用作要求宾语补足语的及物动词, 作“让……处于某种状态”或“让……去做某事”解:

1. Her parents left her to choose her own friends. (MD) 她的父母让她选择自己的朋友。

2. Don't leave her waiting outside in the rain. (OSD) 不要让她在外面雨中等待。

根据这种分析,上面三个句子的意思分别是:

(1) 她让他继续抱着婴儿。(She kept him holding the baby.)

(2) 她让他一个人单独去度假。

(3) 她让他来完成这项工作。

请分析下面的句子可能具有的含义：

They left me to settle the matter. (AEG)