五、常接动名词作宾语的动词及动词短语
常见动词:
admit, advise, avoid, appreciate, acknowledge, allow, anticipate, consider, complete, contemplate(预期、企图),defer, delay, deny, detest(厌恶), dread, dislike, enjoy, escape, excuse, endure, fancy, favor, finish, forgive, facilitate(促进), imagine, include, miss, mind, mention, permit, postpone, practice, prevent, propose, quit, recall, resent(怨恨), resist, risk, suggest, understand
动词短语:
can’t help, give up, leave off(停止), look forward to, object to, put off, succeed in, aim at, insist on, persist in, stick to, be good at, do well in, depend on, feel like, be tired(afraid/capable) of, accustomed to, agree to, confess to(承认), submit to, see to, be(get/become) used to, devote oneself to, prefer...to, adapt(adjust) to, apply to
例句: Some bosses dislike allowing people to share their responsibilities; they keep all important matters tightly in their own hands. (1996年第13题)
分析: 该句是并列句。其中短语keep sth. in hand意为“把……控制在手中”。
译文: 有些老板不喜欢让别人分担其职责,他们严格控制着所有的重要事务。
例句: When I consider how talented he is as a painter,I cannot help believing that the public will appreciate his gift.
分析: 该句是复合句。how talented he is as a painter与that the public will appreciate his gift 在句中分别作consider以及believing的宾语。
译文: 当我考虑到他作为一个画家所具有的杰出才能时,我禁不住相信公众也会赞赏他的天赋。
六、动词need等后接的动名词
动词need, want, require, deserve, worth, like(想要), bear后接动名词主动式表示被动概念,除bear外,这些动词也可接不定式的被动式。
例句: Whoever formulated the theory of the origin of the universe, it is just hypothetical and needs proving(to be proved). (2001年第29题)
分析: 该句是复合句。其中whoever表示“无论是谁”,引导让步状语从句。
译文: 无论宇宙起源理论的创立者是谁,那都是假说,尚待考证。
例句: As your instructor advised, you ought to spend your time on something worth researching into(to be researched into).
分析: 该句是复合句。worth researching into作后置定语修饰something。
译文: 正如你导师所建议的,你应该把时间花在值得研究的问题上。