不可以省略 with,否则就是错句:
误:Tom is not alone in finding Rick hard to work.
正:Tom is not alone in finding Rick hard to work with.
译:并非只是汤姆一个人认为和里克难以共事。
分析如下:
句中的 Rick 为不定式 to work with 的逻辑宾语,所以 with 不可省略。这与形容词的 hard 用法有关,即当 hard(困难的;包括与之同义的difficult,当然还有其他一些形容词)的主语或逻辑主语为 sb 或sth 时,其后接的不定式(有人称之为反射不定式)必须是及物动词或是不及物动词带上介词,即句子主语或逻辑主语必须是该不定式的逻辑宾语。又如:
Do you find Clive difficult to talk to? 你是否发觉和克莱夫讲话有些困难?
Some people find her hard to get along with because she’s so intense. 有人认为很难与她相处,因为她过于严肃。
He found success hard to come by after losing his right-hand man. 失去了得力助手后,他发现自己很难获得成功。
下面的句子中,不定式后面没有介词,因为这些不定式中的动词为及物动词:
You may find this hard to believe, but it is a truth of science. 你也许会觉得这令人难以相信,但它是科学真理。
She described her plans to me, but I found them hard to conceptualize. 她向我描述了她的一些计划,但我觉得很难对其形成概念。
If you didn’t do much maths at school, you’ll find economics difficult to understand. 你不在上学时多做数学题,就会感到经济学很难理解。
Tom is not alone in finding Rick hard to work with.
汤姆并不是唯一一个发现和里克很难共事的人。
备注(1):动名词finding宾语“Rick”为不定时to work with的逻辑宾语,由于work为不及物动词,所以介词with必须加上。作宾补的形容词hard为不定式的逻辑表语,相当于是To work with Rick is hard. 意思为 和里克共事是很困难的。
备注(2):以上句子可以按照以下三个句子进行理解:
【1】Tom is the only person that finds it hard to work with Rick.【that定语从句】
【2】Tom finds that it is hard to work with Rick.【that宾语从句】
【3】In Tom’s opinion,it’s hard to work with Rick.【简单句】
备注(3):以上整个句子语法结构分析如下
Tom 【主语】//is not alone【表语】// in finding Rick hard to work with【方面状语】.
备注(4):介词短语: in finding Rick hard to work with 语法结构分析如下
in【介词】// finding【动名词】// Rick【宾语】// hard【宾补】// to work with【状语】//
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