We resolve to get up earlier each morning, eat less, find more time to play with the children, do a thousand and one jobs about the house, be nice to people we don't like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day. (New Concept English, Book 3, L.50)
在几个结构相同的带 to 的动词不定式连用时, 是重复使用 to 呢, 还是仅仅在第一个动词不定式之前使用 to, 而在其余的动词不定式之前省略 to 呢? 上面句子里的动词不定式 eat, find, do, be, drive 和 take 与 to get 是同等成分(均作 resolve 的宾语), 为什么省略了动词不定式符号 to 呢?
按照通常的习惯,仅仅在第一个不定式之前加动词不定式符号 to,而在其余的不定式之前省略 to。例如:
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I'd like to lie down and go to sleep. 我想躺下进入梦乡。
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I wished to finish my business and get away. 我希望干完我的事就离开。
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Christina hardly knew whether to laugh or cry. 克里斯蒂娜简直不知道是应当笑还是应当哭。
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I thought it better to take the anthem myself than give it to a junior, who would be sure to make a mull of it. 我想我自己来唱圣歌，比让一个年少者来唱，要好一些，他肯定会