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?
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》)