中式英语中有许多不必要的动词，并且通常而言，是以词组出现的，与名词（以及名词自身带的冠词和介词）组词。通常而言，主要表现形式有两种：

1.不必要的动词+名词

2.不必要的动词+不必要的名词+第三个词

首先，我们来看一下“不必要的动词+名词”。

最常见的是“we must make an improvement in our work.”这种形式，在这个句子中，动词“make”是万能词，没有特殊含义，而句子真正意思表达在于“improvement”。因此，可以将这句话改为“we must improve our work.”。

这种形式通常会被忽略掉，因为从语法角度而言，句子没有问题，而且大家也习惯了这类表达。但是如果想要句子更加简洁明了，就需要去掉没有任何意义的动词。示例如下：

原：It is impossible for us to accomplish the transformation of the whole society overnight.

改：It is impossible for us to transform the whole society overnight.

原：They should conduct a careful examination of…

改：They should carefully examine…

原：To bring about a change in this state of affairs

改：To change this state of affairs

当然，这种结构也会以被动形式出现，例如“an improvement must be made in our work”。这只是一种变体，因此解决方案也一样，采用普通动词替代，也就是“our work must be improved”。示例如下：

原：Solutions to these problems can be found only through …

改：These problems can be solved only through…

原：Grain rationing was implemented

改：Grain was rationed

在这种表现形式中，常见的搭配有“to make”，“to have”等等。示例如下：

To make an investigation of = to investigate

To make a careful study of = to study carefully

To have trust in = to trust

To have the need for = to need

To provide assistance to = to assist

To conduct reform of = to reform

内容取自The Translator’s Guide to Chinglish, by Joan Pinkham with the collaboration of Jiang Guihua；如有侵权，联系删除

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