不定詞
不定詞
1 be + to
予定/義務/可能/意図/運命を表す。
I am to see him this afternoon.(今日の午後 私は彼に会う予定です。) <予定>
You are to pay the money at once.
(君はすぐにそのお金を払うべきです) <義務>
Not a star was to be seen.
(星 ひとつ見えなかった) <可能>
※可能を表す不定詞は 受け身が多い
If you are to go there, you should take a taxi.
(そこへ行くつもりなら、タクシーに乗ったほうがよいですよ) <意図>
The old man was never to see his home again.
(その老人は 再び故郷に帰らぬ運命でした。) <運命>
2 不定詞を含む慣用表現
■ All you have to do is (to) do your best.=You have only to do your best.
(君は最善を尽くしさえすれば良い)
■ All we can do is (to) wait patiently.
(私たちにできることはせいぜい待つことだ)
■ We have yet to achive our aim.
(私たちは まだ 目的を達していない)
■ He had the kindness to lend me some money.
= He was kind enough to lend me some money.
= He was so kind as to lend me some money.
(彼は親切にもお金を私に貸してくれた)
■ I cannot but ask him. = I cannot help asking him.
(私は彼に頼まざるをえない)
■ The baby does nothing but cry.
(その赤ん坊は泣いてばかりいる)
3 独立不定詞
To be honest with you, I don't like her way of speaking.
( 正直言うと、私は彼女の話しぶりが好きになれない)
to make matters worse (さらに悪いことには) to start with = to begin with (まずはじめに) to be brief (手短に言うと) needless to say (言うまでもなく) strange to say (奇妙なことに) to say nothing of ~ (~は言うまでもなく) etc |