不定式作宾语的问题(plead to do sth)

I pleaded to be allowed to go. 

I pleaded to be allowed to see his mother one more time.

张道真语法书上注明,“不定式可以充当部分及物动词的宾语,也可以充当but, except等介词的宾语以及形容词的宾语。”

可是plead意为恳求的时候并不是及物动词,固定短语是plead with sb to do sth, to do是作sb的宾补,但是例句中为什么可以直接加to do?


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最佳答案 2018-11-27 08:03

确如网友所说,plead作”恳求、乞求“解时,为不及物动词,不可后接宾语。通常的用法为plead 单独使用,plead for sth 或 plead with sb to do sth. 在后一种用法中,不定式的逻辑主语是sb ,故为plead后接with复合结构作状语。

虽然词典例句中没有plead 后面直接跟不定式的例句,但语料库却可以找到很多这样的例句。以下为COCA语料库部分例句:

Ramirez pleaded to remain in the game.

No wonder her attorneys tried and begged and pleaded to get off the case.

Sheila Baltazar pleaded to send Patrick back home to the rest of his family in rural Louisiana.

The family pleaded to talk to her, for the sake of her children.

With such conviction she had argued, raised her hands in the air, then clasped her arms around Ramnath's neck and pleaded to keep the subtle ending that made a more powerful artistic statement.

 I would have begged and pleaded to be a part of the movie. 

When his son came home and pleaded to be told that his mother was safe, Heidenberger struggled for a way to say she had died.

以上例句中的不定式并不是plead的宾语,而是目的状语。由于目的状语并不是必具性状语,故词典并没有给出不定式作目的状语的例句。而介词for和with与plead有搭配关系,所以词典会给出这种搭配关系,以指导介词的选用。

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陈才   - 英语教师
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关于不定式放在动词后是作宾语还是作状语,提问网友可以根据以下方法进行快速识别。即看这个动词是及物动词还是不及物动词。

(1)不定式to do直接放在及物动词后一定是作宾语,作宾语不定式不可以提前句首。

He wanted to buy a computer.

want为及物动词,后面不定式一定是作宾语。

(2)不定式to do直接放在不及物动词后一定是作状语,作状语不定式可以提前到句首,尤其是作目的状语不定式

He stopped to have a rest。

=To have a rest,he stopped

stop为不及物动词,后面不定式一定是作状语。

I pleaded to be allowed to go. 

=I pleaded so as to be allowed to go

=I pleaded in order to be allowed to go

=To be allowed to go, I pleaded

=In order to be allowed to go, I pleaded

特别备注:so as to do 不可以提前到句首

I pleaded to be allowed to see his mother one more time.

=To be allowed to see his mother one more time, I pleaded

plead为不及物动词,因此后面为不定式作状语,而且是作目的状语,因此不定式可以提前到句首。

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黎反修   - 英语翻译 (已退休)
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    plead 表示“乞求”的意思时,也可以作及物动词。如:She pleaded to be forgiven. 她乞求原谅。(摘自牛津 外研社《英汉汉英词典》,外语教学与研究出版社2010年11元第1版)

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