ThewayIthoughtoftheanimalwasofgreatvalue.填空题ThewayIthoughtoftheanimalwasofgreatvalue.上面的填空题的答案是toprotect,为什么不是protecting

Question

The way I thought of______the animal was of great value.填空题
The way I thought of______the animal was of great value.
上面的填空题的答案是 to protect,为什么不是 protecting

Answer 1

先了解本句的基本结构：
1） I thought of ...to protect the animal是定语从句,它的先行词是 The way,省略了引导词 that；
2） 从句的引导词that做thought of宾语；
3） to protect the animal动词不定式短语做that（即：the way）的定语；
4） 一般,现在分词做后置定语时,要紧跟被修饰名词,若这里用protecting的话,它与that（即：the way）相隔较远；其二是,动词不定式有将要做某事时态意义.所以这里用to protect比较合适.