She wanted the man she was looking forward to (,

题目

She wanted the man she was looking forward to (,
She wanted the man she was looking forward to (to stay)with her.
look forward to 后接名词或动名词,为什么这里用to stay,而不用staying

答案

我给你举个例子
EXAMPLE:
(1)I'm *looking forward* to see her .我向前看 为了看到她
(2)I'm *looking forward to* seeing it.我希望看到她
forward 有向前的意思 比如第一个句子
look forward to 是一个短语 是希望的意思 to经常是作为不定式的一部分 但是不要固定思维 这里的to 是介词 并非动词不定式符号 后面可以加名词 要接动词当然也得接和名词亲缘关系最近的动名词啦
而这句话里,前半部分,SHE WANTED THE MAN
want somebody to do 是指想某人去做什么,所以,并不与后面的LOOKING FORWARD TO 重叠,所以要用TO STAY.