be能否去掉

Honored guests were invited to be present in this banquet.

Honored guests were invited to be present in this banquet.

贵宾们受邀出席这个宴会。to be present 意为出席、在场。其中be为系词，present为形容词作表语。如果去掉be, to present则为不定式。作为动词，present是及物动词，必须有宾语，有不同的意义，但却没有出席的意思。所以be不能省略。去掉be为语法错误。

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从网友的提问，可以看出：他对to be 作为不定式的用法，存在误区。

我们看以下几个句子：

1. Tom is a good boy.

2. Tom is very happy.

3. Tom was in the next room.

4. Tom was present at meeting.

下面，我们用不定式改变原来的谓语部分，那么，不定式都是用 to be 形式表示:

1. We want Tom to be a good boy.

2. Tom tried to be very happy.

3. Tom was believed to be in the next room.

4. They invited Tom to be present at the meeting.

以上句子中的be 是必须有的，不可去掉。