At the age of 20 Steveleft his hometown,( )toreturn without making his mark.

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At the age of 20 Steveleft his hometown,( )toreturn without making his mark.
请解释一下,为什么determined not 要用过去分词?多谢了!

sb be determined (not) to do sth 所以be determined (not) to do 是主动的形式,(不像其他的某些行为动词,必须用doing来表示主动)所以用determined not to do,相当于and he was determined not to....