通常认为不定式表示未发生的将来动作,但这并不绝对。归纳一下,可以有以下几种情况:
1. 晚于或略晚于谓语动作发生。如:
He decided to go. (to go 晚于 decided)
2. 与谓语动作同时或略先于发生。如:
She is helping us to clean the window.(to clean 与 is helping 同时)
It really frightened me to see him fall off the horse. (to see... 略先于frightened)
3. 表示一般情况,即看不出动作的先后关系,而是表示一种通常的情况或现象。如:
Washing the car seems to be your main hobby.
None of her many lovers seemed to want to marry her.