| 单词 | infinitive |
| 释义 | infinitive (once / 5410 pages) n "To be or not to be?" In his most famous line, Hamlet was using the infinitive form of the verb "be." The infinitive form of a verb is its most basic form, usually its "to" version. The word infinitive comes from the Latin infinitus meaning "unbounded, unlimited." When a verb is in its infinite form, it's not limited or bound by its subject or tense. Contrast "to be" with "was" — was is tied to the past tense and a single person. Strip away the word to from "to be" and you have what's known as a bare infinitive. Keep the to there and you've got a full infinitive. WORD FAMILYinfinitive: infinitives USAGE EXAMPLESThese rules also discourage unattended anaphoric pronouns and say that split infinitives should be rarely used. Nature(Nov 07, 2016) They tend to speed up, use incorrect grammar or pepper their words with split infinitives. Time(Sep 27, 2016) “Well, actually, he’s dead. But you’re going to listen to this song because it has a lot of infinitives.” Washington Times(Jun 11, 2016) n the uninflected form of the verb Hypo|Hyper split infinitive an infinitive with an adverb between `to' and the verb (e.g., `to boldly go') verb the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence |
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