非谓语动词到底用to do,还是doing

Zhao Wenying, a 65-yearold woman from Zhejiang Province, recently became the world's oldest person "to pass" the professional Rubik's Cube(魔方) B-level exam. She also holds the world record for a person over the age of 60 to solve the Rubik's Cube blindfolded.

这里意思不就是通过这个考试了吗？

the world's oldest person 后面为什么用 'to pass' the professional Rubik's Cube(魔方) B-level exam？to do 不是表示还没有做吗？

为啥用 to pass?为啥不用passing?

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最佳答案 2024-04-22 20:38

当名词被形容词最高级修饰或被序数词限定时，一般后接不定式作后置修饰语，此时的名词一般与不定式构成主谓关系，不定式动作的发生时间可以先于谓语动词动作的发生时间。所以，这里的不定式动作是先于became完成的。即：先通过后成为。

Swan有类似说明：

He's the oldest athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.(= ... who has ever won …)

所以，… became the world's oldest person "to pass" the professional Rubik's Cube B-level exam.

类似于：… became the world's oldest person who had passed the professional Rubik's Cube B-level exam.

仅供参考。

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采纳率 44% | 回答于 2024-01-09 17:47

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尤海林 2024-01-09 02:26

您好！the world's oldest person使用不定式短语作定语是因为名词person被形容词old的最高级所修饰的原因。相关规则在《薄冰英语用法问答1144例》p523页有过介绍：“被形容词最高级所修饰的名词之后常用不定式”；

赵俊英《现代英语语法》也谈及过这个语法规则：

另外，参考People's Daily Online源文，这段话第二句话中的to solve似乎应该纠正为solving。

商榷！

非谓语动词 到底用to do,还是doing

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