对于英语来说接不定式的单词多为“打算”“计划”“希望”“将要做某事”等表示未来(未做的事)的动词。那么英语动词不定式进行时的结构和用法是怎样的呢?
一、动词不定式进行时结构
to be + 现在分词
He seems to be following us.他好像在跟着我们。
二、动词不定式进行时用法
1.用于助动词之后
例句1:He must be coming by bus.他一定是乘公共汽车来的。
例句2:You shouldn't be reading a novel.现在你不应该看小说,你应该看课本。
2.用于appear,happen,pretend,seem之后
例句1:I happened to be standing next to him when he collapsed.相当于:
例句2:It happened that I was standing next to him when he collapsed.他倒下的时候我恰巧站在他身边。
3.hope 和promise之后,或agree,arrange,decide,determine/be determined,plan,undertake之后,但用于hope和promise后更常见:
例句1:I hope/hoped to be earning my living in a year's time.相当于:
例句2:I hope I will/I hoped I would be earning……我希望在一年之内能自食其力。