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问题描述
▲It is important for you to remember this.
此句中形容词 important 后接了for sb to do sth，能用于此类句型的形容词很多。如：
It’s wrong for you to say that. 你那样说是错误的。
It is possible for her to sell her house. 他有可能卖掉房子。
It’s necessary for us to buy a computer. 我们买台电脑是有必要的。
It’s normal for us not to want to work on Sunday. 我们星期日不想工作是正常的。
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我发现这类句式的特点是它们的句首都用了形式主语 it，其后的不定式才是实际上的主语。
▲但是下面这两个句子就不同：
He was anxious for his brother to meet you. 他急于要他兄弟见你。
I’m anxious for the party to be a success. 我热切希望这次聚会取得成功。
形容词 anxious 的主语是人，不是 it。请各位大师帮我归纳一下，有哪些形容词可以这样用，谢谢！
不好意思，我只有10分，全部拿出来了！
老师答疑
李老师：
这类形容词很少，请看以下工具书中的例句：
1. L. G. Alexander著 Longman English Grammar《朗曼英语语法》(雷航等译 外语教学与研究出版社1991年1月第1版)P588:
“for+名词/代词”可用在很有限的几个形容词后面，如 anxious, determined, eager和 keen等，表示尚未发生的情况：She’s anxious for her daughter to win the competition.
2.【日】田中茂范等编《外研社英汉多功能词典》(杨文江等编译 外语教学与研究出版社 2008年7月第1版) P646: Tom was eager for you to come to the party.
3. 王希山编著的《英语形容词搭配结构词典》(上海译文出版社2004年4月第1版)P747：
The poor father is perfectly willing for his little daughter to be brought up in England by her exceedingly wealthy grandmother.P425:
Mrs Hill is keen for Tom to marry Stella.
Her father is keen for her to go to university.
4. COCA (The CORPUS OF CONTEMPORAY AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2012) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University):
(1) Before the trip; a plan and a programme was made considering the teacher candidates who will attend the trip, and topics were determined for the candidates to collect the information about the places to visit.
(2) She was worried about what would happen after secondary school as her parents seem determined for her to marry at that stage.
(3) There are the gung-ho sports addicts and avaricious promoters who are determined to shove this problem down the throats of our general population, and there are those who are just as adamantly opposed and determined for them not to do so.
5. 王嘉龄著《英语非谓语动词》（商务印书馆 1980年5月第1版）P159认为一下形容词可以用于该句型：anxious, determined, disinclined, disposed, eager, hesitant, inclined, induced, prone, ready, reluctant, willing 等。
COCA上的例句:
(1) One of the reasons it took a while to get to know my new neighbors was at first Mama Floyd was hesitant for me to get involved.
(2) He's been under a lot of stress, so we're ready for him to go back to Texas and be warmly received.
(3) In a time too short for words her face tries to communicate something, that she is sorry for something, that she is reluctant for me to understand.
但在 BNC 和 COCA上没有 disinclined, disposed, inclined, induced, prone 用于该句型的例证。
陈老师：
这类形容词应该有一些，但一时想不全，下面是可能是最常见的三个：
▲Sb is anxious for sb to do sth
They were anxious for her to come. 我们极愿她来。
I’m anxious for her to get a good education. 我殷切希望她能受到良好的教育。
▲Sb is eager for sb to do sth
She’s eager for us to see her work. 她热切希望我们看到她的活儿。
He is eager for you to meet his friends. 他热切希望你见见他的朋友。
▲Sb is keen for sb to do sth
I am not keen for her to have a bicycle. 我不太放心她有辆自行车。
Parents are always keen for their children to get on. 父母总是渴望子女有出息。
▲Sb is willing for sb to do sth
He was quite willing for everyone else to come. 他很愿意让别人来。
I’m quite willing for you to join us. 我很愿意你参加我们的活动。
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