feel oneself to be senior的不定式为什么带to

问题描述

语法书上说，feel, hear, have, make, let, see, watch, notice等动词接不定式作宾补是不带to的，但我在柯林斯词典上看到这样一句：

Williams felt himself to be senior to all of them. 请问，句中为什么用 to be 呢?

老师答疑

倪老师：

▲feel 后的复合宾语如果含有be，那么 be 前面就要加 to。例如：

She felt herself to be part of a large business empire.(cced)

I felt her to be unfriendly. (PEU)

I felt it to be my duty to call the police. (PEU)

Perhaps it is also the relative infrequency of this use that makes them feel   it to be improper. (WDEU)

▲这里的 to 是不可以省略的。按照 R.A. Close 的看法，这种用法属于比较少见的口语化风格，人们通常会将 to be 略去。在较为正式的语体中改用that从句。例如：

I felt her to be unfriendly. 

I felt her unfriendly.

I felt that she was unfriendly.

以上三句都成立，但第一句口语风格，不常见；第二句也比较口语化，但很普遍；第三句比较正式。

黎老师：

    I feel the plan to be unrealistic . = I feel that the plan is 

unrealistic .我认为那项计划不切实际。（摘自1997年1月第1版外研社、建宏《英汉多功能词典》）