All you can do is VR 你能做的只有

All you can do is VR 你能做的只有

此句型是一種「準分裂句」(pseudo-cleft sentence)用來加強「V…的部分」。亦可以寫成下列的句型。

All 主詞candois/wasVR 
All that主詞shoulddois/wasVR
What主詞have todo is/wasVR
What主詞want to is/wasVR (…只要…就行了。)
The only thing主詞want to is/wasVR.

說明「主詞能做的只有…」,注意be動後面接「原型動詞」,省略to。主詞後的should, can, have to, want to可互換。前面的風All ,All that, What一樣也可互換。

原句型為:All S do be (to) +原型動詞…

All you have to do is be quiet. 你必須做的事就是安靜。

What we should do is do our best to reduce air pollution.

我們應該做的就是進我們最大力量減輕空氣汙染。

At that moment, all that Cindy could do was cry.在當下,Cindy能做的就只有哭。

As a student, what you should do is study hard.

身為學生該做的就是認真讀書。

All you have to do is _______ the truth to the public about the singer’s wrongdoings.

(A)reveal

(B) revealed

(C)revealing

(D) be revealing

你必須做的事就是揭發事實真相給社會大眾有關該歌手的不法之事。

答案選A,後使用原型動詞。

All we can do is _______ the patient to the hospital as soon as possible.

(A) sent (B) to send (C) sned (C) sending

我們能做的就是盡速將病人送到醫院。

答案選C,使用原型動詞。

to 通常可以省略,如果主詞中的動詞不是do,而是別的動詞,則to不可省略。

What I wanted was to buy a new house.(我所想要的是買一棟新房子。)