表示“热切的”、“渴望的”,注意以下结构:
1. 表示渴望得到某物,后接介词 for, after, about 等。如:
We are all eager for [after] knowledge. 我们都求知心切。
He is eager for [after, about] success. 他渴望成功。
【注】以上三个介词中,以介词 for 最为普通。
2. 表示渴望做某事,后接不定式。如:
He is eager to go abroad. 他渴望出国。
She is eager to see her parents. 她渴望见到她父母。
【注】有时不定式前可以有 for sb。如:
He’s eager for her to go with him. 他渴望她同他一起去。
3. 有时可后接 that 从句,此时从句谓语一般都用“should+动词原形”这样的虚拟语气。如:
He’s eager that they (should) come to see him. 他很希望他们来看他。
上面也可改成:
He is eager for them to come to see him.