be born knowing还是be born to know
2024-11-20 11:12:43 学考宝 作者：佚名
问题描述
No one is born _______ (know) how to make money.
请问是填 to know 还是 knowing？谢谢！
老师答疑
刘老师：
No one is born _______ (know) how to make money.
请问是填 to know 还是 knowing？谢谢！
【答】我的看法与二位老师不同。
我认为，本句应该填knowing。句子意思是：没有人生下来就知道怎样赚钱。
现在分词和不定式区别在于：
1. 现在分词knowing表示伴随状语，在时间上与is born 同时发生。意思相当于：No one knows how to make money when he is born.
2. 不定式表示未来的结果，例如：She was born to succeed in life. 她生来注定会成功。这里是指将来成功，是说话人对将来的一种推测。
如果填不定式to know，那么本句的意思是：没有人生下来以后，将来会知道怎样赚钱。——逻辑上讲不通！
二位老师举的例子，虽然不错，但不适合本句的语境。也就是说，有的辞书在讲述某个问题时可能会出现只知其一，不知其二。我们不能生搬硬套。
有一篇著名的散文叫：How to build your life 《打造自己的生活》，其中有这样一句话：
You were born knowing your limitlessness. 你生下来便知道自己的潜能。
跟本句有异曲同工之妙。
董老师：
看了刘老师的解答，深受启发，我说一点粗浅的想法，敬请三位老师指正：
本题的关键是单词“know”，“知道”与“出生”是同时发生的，所以刘老师说应选现在分词knowing作伴随状语。
黎老师的例句“succeed”， “成功”与“出生”并非同时发生，“出生”在前，“成功”在后。
何素秀老师讲过一道例题，与本题类似，其中 “hope”与“know”类似，“希望”与“跑”是同时发生的。
附：
何素秀老师的一篇文章《原创易错非谓语动词考题赏析》：
He ran as fast as he could ____to catch the bus.
A. hope B. to hope
C. hoping D. hoped
此题的最佳答案不是B，而是C，其中的现在分词短语 hoping to catch the bus 用作伴随状语，即一边跑一边希望能赶上早班车。
黎老师：
【be born + to do】生而为，生来就是 /She was born to succeed in life. 她生来注定会成功。（摘自外研社、建宏《英汉多功能词典》1997年1月第1版）
所以，No one is born _______ (know) how to make money. 这道题应该填 to know。
陈老师：
No one is born _______ (know) how to make money.
请问是填 to know 还是 knowing？谢谢！
No one is born to know how to make money
=没有人天生就知道如何赚钱
be born to do sth 天生做某事情
be born to be 天生是
People appear to be born to compute.
人似乎生来就会计算.
On the other hand, after doing good be born to work, the service appears very important.
另一方面, 做好落地工作之后, 服务就显得很重要.
It is more honourable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one.
奋斗而登上王位之人远远比生而为王之辈来得光荣.
I think he was born to be editor of a tabloid newspaper.
我觉得他天生就是当小报编辑的料。
Was he born to be successful, or did he just luck out?
是他命中注定会成功，还是仅仅交了好运？
表示"出生"要用be born，并且动词be通常只用was 或were 。be born后可跟形容词、名词或不同的介词，表达意思也不同。看：
(1)be born + 形容词（名词）
She was born happy.
她生来就很幸福
He was born French.
他生为法国人。
(2)born + in, on等，表示"出生的时间，地点"
Tom was born in Hebei Province on February 12，1999．
1999年2月12日汤姆生于河北省。
Karl Marx was born on May 5，in Trier．
卡尔·马克思5月5日生于特里尔。
Li Ping was born in 1988.
李平生于一九八八年。
(3) be born + of+（名词），表示"从......产生" ”出生于）
This invention was born of need.
这项发明是因需要而产生的。
He was born of German parents.
他的父母是德国人。
Her socialist beliefs were born of a hatred of injustice.
她的社会主义信念来自她对社会上不公平现象的痛恨。
He was born of plebeian origins.
他出身平民。
She was born of humble parentage.
她出身卑贱。
(4)be born + in, into或to，表示"降生到某家庭"
He was born in a worker's family.
他出生在一个工人家庭。
In 1867 Madam Curie was born into a teacher's family.
1867年居里夫人出生在一个教师家庭。
(5) be born + with， 表示"天赋；命运" ”生而具有“
He was born with a good memory.
他生来记性就好。
He was born with a squint.
他先天斜视。
She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
她生来富贵。
Not everyone was born with such endowments as you.
并非所有的人生来都像你这样有天赋。
He was born with a slight deformity of the feet which made him limp.
他的脚稍有先天畸形，走起路来一瘸一拐。
(6)be born+ to do, 表示"生而为......；生来就是"
She was born to succeed in life.
她生来注定会成功。
