to 부정사에 대해 알아보자.
to express purpose (to answer "Why...?"):
목적을 가리킨다.
He bought some flowers to give to his wife.
아내에게 주려고!
He locked the door to keep everyone out.
모든 사람들과 떨어지기 위해!
We sometimes say in order to or in order not to:
We set off early in order to avoid the traffic.
They spoke quietly in order not to wake the children
… or we can say so as to or so as not to:
조금이라도 더 길게 쓰려면 in order to, so as to 이런 식으로 써도 된다.
We set off early so as to avoid the traffic.
They spoke quietly so as not to wake the children.
명절에 등등... 차가 밀리는 것을 피하기 위해, 일찍 출발했다는 뜻. .
• after certain adjectives.
특정한 형용사 와 같이 쓰인다.
Sometimes the to-infinitive gives a reason for the adjective:
- disappointed
- glad
- sad
- happy
- anxious
- pleased
- surprised
- proud
- unhappy
We were happy to come to the end of our journey
= We were happy because we had come to the end of our journey
John was surprised to see me
= He was surprised because he saw me
존은 나를 봐서 굉장히 놀랬다는 뜻이다.
놀란 감정 + to see me
이런식으로...
to 부정사의 용법은 정말 많지만 몇가지 예를 들어 살펴 보았다.