有一读者问: 要求比较一下下列两个句子的with best of intention to win the sympathy of his pupils与with his hands shivering:
(1)He failed with best of intention to win the sympathy of his pupils.
(2)He stood there with his hands shivering.
这两个句子中的with短语都是“with+宾语+补足语”结构,或称之为“独立结构”。所不同的是:句(1)中的独立结构是由“with+名词+不定式”所组成,句(2)中的独立结构则由“with+名词+现在分词”所组成。不定式与现在分词的区别在于:前者强调动作,后者强调状态。你对于“with+名(代)+现在分词”结构想必比较熟悉,这里就不再多举例说明了,但对“with+名(代)+不定式”结构你可能见得不多。其实这种结构也不罕见。除上述句(1)中的with best of intention to win...之外,再举一二实例如下:
(3)These are highly mechanized farms, with machinery to do all the work .
(4)Nobody has much of a chance to go wrong with Rachel to oversee them .
