我昨天買的橘子味道不錯(cuò)。

正：The oranges I bought yesterday tasted nice.

誤：The oranges I bought yesterday tasted to be nice.

類似地，feel, smell, sound 等連系動(dòng)詞后習(xí)慣上也不接不定式 to be。如：

他說(shuō)的話聽起來(lái)很有道理。

正：What he said sounded reasonable.

誤：What he said sounded to be reasonable.

這些花很香。

正：The flowers smell sweet.

誤：The flowers smell to be sweet.

比較：seem, appear, prove, turn out, continue 等連系動(dòng)詞后可以接不定式 to be，也可省略 to be。如：

He seems (to be) tired. 他似乎很疲倦了。

She appears (to be) angry. 她似乎很生氣。

The news turned out (to be) false. 那消息結(jié)果是假的。

The weather continued (to be ) fine. 天氣仍然很好。