infinitive

/in-fin-i-tiv/US // ɪnˈfɪn ɪ tɪv //UK // (ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.”
- : the simple or basic form of the verb, as come, take, eat, be, used after auxiliary verbs, as in I didn't come, He must be, or this simple form preceded by a function word, as to in I want to eat.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : consisting of or containing an infinitive: an infinitive construction.Abbreviation: infin.

as inverb

Synonyms

The infinitive form of the verb allows the subject—the builders doing the building—to lurk in the shadows, but they are always there.
Perhaps speke (better speken) is an infinitive in l. 350, but it may also be the pt.
This ending terminates the past participles of verbs whose infinitive ends in e.
An example of the present infinitive used after aprs (cf. il est parti aprs avoir bu un verre d'eau).
The use of tre for aller when followed by an infinitive is inelegant, though the construction is sometimes used by good writers.
Instead of the infinitive moods and plural numbers ending in -n as in Holland, the former end in -a, the latter in -ar.

/in-fin-i-tiv/US // ɪnˈfɪn ɪ tɪv //UK // (ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv) //

不定式,不定数,不定词,不定语

n.名词 noun

1
- : a verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.”
- : the simple or basic form of the verb, as come, take, eat, be, used after auxiliary verbs, as in I didn't come, He must be, or this simple form preceded by a function word, as to in I want to eat.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : consisting of or containing an infinitive: an infinitive construction.Abbreviation: infin.

as inverb

Synonyms

The infinitive form of the verb allows the subject—the builders doing the building—to lurk in the shadows, but they are always there.
Perhaps speke (better speken) is an infinitive in l. 350, but it may also be the pt.
This ending terminates the past participles of verbs whose infinitive ends in e.
An example of the present infinitive used after aprs (cf. il est parti aprs avoir bu un verre d'eau).
The use of tre for aller when followed by an infinitive is inelegant, though the construction is sometimes used by good writers.
Instead of the infinitive moods and plural numbers ending in -n as in Holland, the former end in -a, the latter in -ar.