半助动词在功能上介于主动词和助动词之间,本身有词汇意义,可分为三类:
a.以be为中心成分,如:
be about to be going to
be bound to be able to
be due to be sure to
b.以have为中心成分,如:
had better/best have got to
have to
c.以seem等为中心成分,如:
seem to turn out to be
appear to fail to
happen to tend to
2.半助动词既可是限定形式(体现时态,语态特征),也可是非限定形式(不定式或现在分词)。半助动词后的主动词都用带to 的不定式,这种不定式可以是一般形式、进行式或完成式,如:
He appears to have many friends.他似乎有许多朋友。
He seems to be enjoying himself at the party.在聚会上,他看起来很快乐。
Now,I‘m having to take a bus.现在,我不得不坐公共汽车。
You are supposed to have finished your term paper by Sunday evening.在周日晚上,你应该已经做完了你的学期论文