His letter informed us how and when he was expected to arrive in Beijing
expect为什么要用被动语态呢?可以说成he expect to 吗? A doctor can expect to be called at any hour of the day or night.如果在前一题中he是expect 的宾语的话,在这句中的doctor 也是expect 的宾语啊,为什么又不用被动了呢?为什么不说是 A doctor can be expected to be called at any hour of the day or night ?
原句是:(someone) expect him to arrive in Beijing he 是expect的宾语。 ________________________________ 关于补充的问题,我说一下。 expect这个词用的多的有三种句型: expect someone to do something.(预期某人会做某事)这种是用得最多的,而且通常以被动的形式出现 expect that从句(期望怎么怎么样)这种情况也出现得不少 expect to do something.(期望做某事)这种情况出现很少,expect这个词本来就属于被动词的范畴。表示期望的时候更多的用want,hope,look foward等等。 A doctor can expect to be called at any hour of the day or night. 这个句子,实际上出现的很少。英语中更多这样表示: A doctor can be expected to be called at any hour of the day or night. 这种结构叫做双重被动语态,欧美人很乐于用这个。双重被动语态使用的频率不必单纯的被动语态少。只是由于用词的限制使得范围比较窄。而expect正是双重被动语态中出现频率较高的词之一。