比如He doesnt do sth to do sth.是否两种理解都可以,依据不同句意,既等于To do sth, he doesnt do sth, 也可以觉得是 He doesnt (do sth to do sth).谢谢!
你的问题是not的否定范围(range of negation).
sb didnt do sth to do sth.
假如不定式是目的状语,而目的状语一般是不可以用逗号隔开的。所以这种结构一般理解为不定式在否定范围之内,即句子意思为,主语不是为了...才做某事的。
假如想要表达为了...主语没做某事,即不定式做目的状语却不在否定范围之内,则应该将不定式置于句首。not的否定范围不可以涵盖not之前的部分。
比如:
He didnt do this to earn more money. 不定式在not的否定范围之内。
= It is not true that he did this to earn more money.
To save money, he didnt eat out.