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这个问题之前也讨论过的:https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/33436 楼主的问题所描述的知识点是2个: 1.Is this your first time to visit Beijing?这句是否有误?国内出版的相关资料很多都认为是无误的,包括”陈用仪“的”英语常用词疑难用法手册”认为可以,然而张满胜老师的“英语新思维语法体系及底层逻辑全解密”的P274页认为不能用不定式。同时,大家已经列出一些原版的权威解释了,牛津的第八,九版time词条下是一个证据,还有一个是Swan的PEU第三,四版,我再提供一个,就是亚历山大的著作“Right Word Wrong Word Words and Structures Confused and Misused”的first time词条下: - It's the first time I've ever been to America. (Not *It's my first time to be to/in*) 这里不管用my/his/her/our等,还是用the都不能用不定式。我手头上的资料就只找到上面的例证,而且,没有找到一个用first time to的例子(国内除外)。 我觉得可能有些人把上述的结构与下面的结构搞混了,所以错误认为用不定式是可以的: I had gone to Brazil for the first time to meet extended family. (正确的) 还有一种不要搞混了:This is my first visit to Beijing.(正确的) 2.It was such bad luck - it was our first time skiing and Nicola broke her leg. (Longman Language Activator第二版P566) 用上面这个简单一点的例子来说明。这里的skiing如何理解,这是第二个问题。其实也不复杂,举几个例子看看: How did your first time skiing go? He finished ahead of the Spaniard, and in the process picked up his first time trial win as a pro. (Collins COBUILD English Dictionary1995第二版P1311,第三版也有这句) my first time driving a car(韦氏高阶wheel词条下) skiing已经是名词化了,first time当形容词功能修饰后面的skiing,这也可以解释为什么这种first time doing的用法前面会有my/his/her/our存在,而不是用的the。至于first time为什么可以用作定语,不应该是first-time吗?我认为这又回到以前我讨论过的加连字符的问题。从语言的历史来看,之前不用连字符的情况很多,尤其是早一点的词典,现在有所规范。 |
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