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    /ɪnˈfɪnətɪv/

    In grammar, the basic form of a verb, which in English is usually used with the word "to". In "I want to watch television", "to watch" is an infinitive.

    不定詞

    複數 infinitives

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

You can think of an infinitive as a verb before anything has been decided about it: no person, no time, no number — just the naked action. "To watch" in "I want to watch television" does not tell you who watches or when; the surrounding verb ("want") carries all of that, and the infinitive supplies only the action itself. It is the form you meet in a dictionary entry, the verb at rest.

可以想成：動詞還沒被安上任何條件之前的樣子——沒有人稱、沒有時間、沒有單複數，只剩下那個動作本身。I want to…更多收起可以想成：動詞還沒被安上任何條件之前的樣子——沒有人稱、沒有時間、沒有單複數，只剩下那個動作本身。I want to watch television 裡的 to watch 不告訴你是誰看、什麼時候看；那些訊息全由前面的 want 扛著，不定詞只負責提供「看」這件事。它也就是你在字典裡查到的那個形態，動詞靜止不動的狀態。

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

infinitivenoun/ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/

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    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsThe infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).

    • The MANNERS of acting, in grammar called modes or moods, are four; Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive or Conjunctive.
    • There are four moods, the Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, and Subjunctive. [...] the Infinitive is used to express a thing in a general manner.
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    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.

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    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.

infinitiveadj/ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/

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    grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsFormed with the infinitive.

    • INFINITIVE MOOD or MANNER. To Have, Avoir.
    • In English there are four moods:–1. The Infinitive Mood. 2. The Indicative Mood. 3. the Imperative Mood. 4. The Subjunctive Mood.
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    Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.

    • […] to search out in some higher region of infinitive space a spot where it was impossible for defilement to follow them […]

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。