第九章 動詞句型 第四類句型―主語＋系動詞＋表語(3)

　　1.有時表語可用不定式表示：

　　Her aim was to do two years work in one.

　　她的目標是一年干兩年的工作。

　　My job is to type letters.

　　我的工作是打信。

　　My only wish is to do what's best for you.

　　我唯一的愿望是做對你最好的事。

　　His strategy is to win the war with air power.

　　他的戰(zhàn)略是以空軍制勝。

　　My advice to you is to speak the truth.

　　我對你的忠告是說真話。

　　But worse was to follow.

　　但更壞的情況還在后頭。

　　2.有時不定式可用被動形式：

　　Some books are to be read for pleasure.

　　有些書是看著玩的。

　　That's not to be taken too seriously.

　　這不可看得太認真。

　　These pills are to be taken three times a day after meals.

　　這些藥丸每天吃二次，飯后吃。

　　Surely she was to be trusted.

　　她肯定是值得信任的。

　　3.有時主語和表語都用不定式表示：

　　To do that is to ruin yourself.

　　這樣做是毀掉你自己。

　　To do this is to cut the foot to fit the shoe.

　　這樣做是削足適履。

　　To see is to believe.

　　眼見為實。

　　4.有的表語可以用動名詞表示：

　　One of my weaknesses is smoking too much.

　　我的缺點之一是抽煙太多。

　　Our problem is not having sufficient raw material.

　　我們的問題是原料不足。

　　His job is tuning the piano.

　　他的任務(wù)是給鋼琴調(diào)音。

　　Her hobby is collecting stamps.

　　她的愛好是集郵。

　　5.有時主語和表語都用動名詞表示：

　　Doing that would be playing with fire.

　　那樣做是玩火。

　　Seeing is believing.

　　眼見為實。

　　Buying such a white elephant is simply wasting money.

　　買這樣大而無用的東西完全是浪費金錢。