as you see,what i am looking forward to is nothing else but ___ a holiday in hawaii.A.take

题目

as you see,what i am looking forward to is nothing else but ___ a holiday in hawaii.A.take
B.take C.taking D.to take解释下怎么理解,

答案

选D
but在此句中意为“除了”,此介词后接动词不定式作宾语,规则如下：
1.but前如出现实义动词do(即必须翻译出“做”这个意思的do）的任何一种形式,那么动词不定式省略to；
2.如非以上情况,不省略to.
此题属于第二种情况,选D.