promise既是名詞,也是動詞。作動詞用時,主要有如下幾個句式:
1. promise + that 從句 If you promise that you will do something, you say to someone that you will definitely do it.
2. promise sb. sth. (雙賓語) If you promise someone something, you tell them that you will definitely give it to them or make sure that they have it
3. promise to do sth. If you promise to do something, you say to someone that you will definitely do it.
4. promise to do/be (主語表示“事物”時),If a situation or event promises to have a particular quality or to be a particular thing, it shows signs that it will have that quality or be that thing.
promise 沒有復合賓語結構。你說的promise sb. to do sth. 屬于第2種情況,sb. 和to do sth.都是promise的賓語,to do sth.是主語的行為,不是賓語的行為,因此不是賓補。這個句式跟permit sb. to do sth.大相徑庭。
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