在说到“动作”时,有数不清的动词,不同场景表达用不同的动词,最让人头疼的就是,到底是用doing还是用to do,不知道不可怕,用错很尴尬,如果能把最常用的动词都捊清了,那用英语表达的时候,也自信一些,不会惶惶恐恐,我到底说得对不对。
下面这些句子是不是很常见:
- I enjoy dancing.
我喜欢跳舞。
- Would you mind closing the door?
你介意把门关了吗?
- Jill suggested going to cinema.
Jill建议去看电影。
在enjoy,mind,suggest这些常见动词后面,都是用-ing形式。还有这些最最最常见常用的动词,也都是跟着-ing形式。
- Suddenly, they stop talking, there are silence.
突然,他们停止了交谈,那儿一片安静。
- When I finish cleaning the room, I'll do the shopping.
我完成房间的清洁工作之后,我就会去购物。
- He tried to avoid answering my question.
他尝试着回避回答我的问题。
- I don't fancy going out this afternoon.
今天下午我不想出去。
- Have you ever considered going to live in another country?
你有考虑过去别的城市居住吗?
其中有些动词,还可以用“动词 somebody ing”结构表达。
- I can't imagine Cindy riding a motorbike.
我无法想象Cindy在骑摩托车。
- You can't stop me doing what I want.
你无法阻止我做我想做的事。
- Sorry for keep you waiting so long.
很抱歉让你等了这么久。
而像admit,deny,suggest,还可以接that使用。
- She denied that she had stolen the money.
=She denied stealing the money.
- Jill suggested that we went to the cinema.
=Jill suggested going to the cinema.
还有几个常见的词组,也搭配-ing使用。
give up=stop
put off= postpone
carry on/go on=continue
keep/keep on
- Joe has given up smoking.
Joe已经戒烟了。
- We can't go on living like this, we must do something different.
我们不能继续像这样子活着了,必须做点不一样的事。
所以,见到听到这些动词 ing的时候,千万不要以为是正在做什么事情,而是因为它搭配的形式就是 ing形式。
而接下来这些常见的动词,却是要搭配to 使用。
- It was late, so we decided to take a taxi to school.
已经很晚了,所以我们决定打的回学校。
- How old were you when you learnt to drive?
你学开车的时候是几岁?
- I waved to Cindy but failed to attract her attention.
我向Cindy招手,但是还是无法吸引她的注意。
- I promise not to be late next time.
我保证下次不会迟到了。
一样的,其中有些动词还可以在结构“动词 主语 to...”中使用。
- Can you remind phone Jill tonight?
你可以提醒我晚上给Jill打电话吗?
- Marco teach me to drive.
Marco教我开车。
- Jim warned me not to touch the switch.
Jim 警告我不要去碰开关。
而有些动词,是既可以加-ing,又可以用“动词 to”结构使用,只是要注意意思不同,不要混了。
remember doing something=我做过了某件事情,现在还记得这件事
- I absolutely remember locking the door.
我绝对记得我锁了门的。
remember to do something=记得要去做某件事情
- Please remember to lock the door when you leave.
记得离开的时候要锁门。
regret doing something=后悔做了某件事情,感到很抱歉
- I now regret saying what I said.
我很后悔我说过的那些话。
regret to do something=很抱歉要告诉某人一些什么事情。
- We regret to tell you that we are unable to offter you the job.
我们很抱歉地告诉你,无法提供你这份工作。
continue dong something=继续做同一件事
- We must change our ways, we can't continue living like this.
我们必须做出改变,不能继续像这样活着了。
continue to do something=继续做另一件新的事情
- After discussing the economy, the minister continue to talk about foreign policy.
部长讨论完经济事宜后,又继续谈论有关对外政策的相关事宜。
最简单的莫过于两种形式随便互换,不用担心用错,想用哪个用哪个,这样的动词,当然有啦。像begin,start,intend,bother,love,hate这几个常用的动词,都是可以用“动词 ing”结构,也可以“动词 to......”
- I love meeting people. OR I love to meet people.
- It has started raining. OR It has sarted to rain.
- John intends buying a house. OR John intends to buy a house.
这些都是交流中常见的动词,虽然有时候会脑子卡壳,忘了搭配哪个结构,但是熟能生巧,多看看多练练,自然就熟了。
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