类似于 be difficult to do 结构中,若主语与其后的不定式为动宾关系,那么该不定式习惯上要用主动形式表示被动意义。如:
She was difficult to understand at times. 有时候她很不容易理解。
能用于此结构的形容词主要有convenient, dangerous, difficult, easy, hard, impossible, interesting, nice, pleasant, safe, unpleasant 等。这类结构的特点是句子主语必须其后不定式的逻辑宾语。如:
The poem is easy to understand. 这首诗容易理解。
Your writing is impossible to read. 你的书写没法认。
He is hard to get along with. 他这个人很难相处。