在英语中,少数动词或词组,如:have(表明,坚持说); take(以为); see to(负责); swear to(发誓,保证); insist on(坚持); answer for(保证,负责); depend upon(相信);count on(指望)等后面不直接接that从句作它的宾语,而须先用it作它的形式宾语,而把真正的宾语从句放在it的后面。
e.g.
I’ll see to it that everything is ready in time.我负责使一切都按时准备好。
Can you swear to it that the accused man was at your house that evening?
I’ll answer for it that he is a reliable man.我会保证他是一个靠得住的人。
You may depend upon it that they are valuable.
I am counting on it that Mr. White will support us.
He won’t have it that the conditions are unfair.他否认条件不公平。
The newspapers have it that the firm is almost bankrupt.报纸上说那家公司濒临破产了。
I take it that you’re not interested. 我以为你不会有兴趣。
Legend has it that she left footprints in the nearby rocks, which can still be seen to this day. 传说中她还在附近的石头上留下了脚印，至今仍清晰可见。
