With a lot of difficult problems ______, the manager felt worried all the time.
A. settled B. to be settled C. settling D. to settle
答案为 D,如果不考虑逻辑主语的问题,是不是 B 也可以?
“with + 宾语 + 带 to 的动词不定式”结构在句中可以作原因状语、伴随情况状语或补充说明,其中的带 to 的动词不定式通常用主动式,不用被动式。例如:
With so many children to support, they both have to work full time. (原因状语)由于有这么多孩子要抚养,他们俩不得不全日工作。(摘自赵振才教授编著的《英语常见问题解答大词典》增订版p.1641)
With all this work to do, I won't have time to go out. 有这么多工作要做,我没有时间出去了。(《牛津英语用法指南》第三版)