非谓语动词to do到底表示什么时间的动作?其时间性是否要看do为静态还是动态?
一般觉得不定式表示未发生的以后动作,但这并不绝对。总结一下,可以有以下几种状况:
1. 晚于或略晚于谓语动作发生。如:
He decided to go. (to go 晚于 decided)
2. 与谓语动作同时或略先于发生。如:
She is helping us to clean the window.
It really frightened me to see him fall off the horse. (to see... 略先于frightened)
3. 表示通常情况,即看不出动作的先后关系,而是表示一种一般的状况或现象。如:
Washing the car seems to be your main hobby.
None of her many lovers seemed to want to marry her.