A.
Difficult to understand:
Itis difficult to understand him.= He is difficult to understand.;
例如: easy, nice, safe, cheap, exciting, impossible, hard, good, dangerous, expensive, interesting也有同樣的用法, eg:
Do you think it it safe( for us)to drink this water?
=Do you think this water is safe( for us) to drink?
在形容詞後面也可以再加一個名詞, eg:
This is a difficult question( for me)to answer.
B.
Nice of( you) to...
固定句式: It's nice of somebodyto do something, eg:
It was nice of you to takeme to the airport.
nice可以被替換為: kind, (in) considerate, generous, mean, careless, silly, stupid, unfair, eg:
It's silly of Ruth to giveup her job when she needs the money.
C.
Sorry to.../ surprised to... etc.:
形容詞和to連用也可以描述某人對某事如何看待, eg:
I'm sorry to hearthat your mother isn't well.
sorry可被替換為: glad, pleased, relieved, surprised, amazed, sad, disappointed, eg:
Was Julia surprised to seeyou?
D.
The first/ the next( etc.)+ to...
固定句式:the+ 序數詞/ last, next, only...+ to, eg:
If I have any more news, you will bethe first( person) to know.
E.
固定句式: something be sure/ certain/ likely/bound to 發生, eg:
I'm likely to get home late tonight.
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