几个可以接动名词或不定式的动词。
在我的头版头条文章中,我谈到了跟随不定式动词的英语动词,也谈到了动名词,即跟随非谓语动词的常见英语动词的形式。
本文讨论了有些动词可以跟动名词和不定式,但它们的意义是不同的。常用的有以下五种。1.try+动名词try+动名词:意思是你开始做一件事,然后因为某种原因(通常是因为太难了)结束了。她试着学法语,但几个月后她放弃了。(她觉得法语太难了。)Try+动词不定式Try+动词不定式:意思是你试图去做某件事,但是因为某种原因没有做到。她试着看小说,但是上周她被很多家庭作业占据了。(她试图读这部小说,但是她没有时间。)注意:有时候,try跟动名词或者不定式的意思没有明显区别,只是侧重点不同。例如:
I tried calling you last night. (I attempted to call you once [or many times], but I eventually gave up.)I tried to call you last night. (You never picked up the phone, so I couldn’t talk to you.)2.Stop Stop+动名词Stop+动名词:意思是你停止做某事
He stopped smoking last week. (He quit smoking.)Stop+动词不定式Stop+动词不定式:表示你正在做某件事,然后停下来做别的事,或者在旅途中的某个地方停下来做某件事。这时,不定式起了状语的作用。
Even though he was behind in his work, he stopped to smoke a cigarette. (He stopped working to have a smoke break.)I stopped to buy milk on my way home. (I went to the store before going home.)3.忘记+动名词忘记+动名词:意思是你做了某事,但是你不记得曾经做过。
She didn’t recognize him at all. She forgot meeting him last summer. (She forgot that she had met him before.)Forget+动词不定式Forget+动词不定式:表示你计划或打算做某事,但是你忘记了这个计划。简而言之,不是你做的。
She forgot to meet her client for lunch, so she got an angry phone call from him later. (She had plans to meet her client, but she didn’t remember to do it.)4.Remember Remember+动名词Remember+动名词:意思是你过去做过某件事,现在还记得做这件事。(通常在你回顾遥远的往事时使用,也可用于你和你的朋友追忆往事)
I remember falling down the stairs when I was four years old.Remember+动词不定式Remember+动词不定式:表示你过去有计划要做某件事,你记得去做。言下之意是过去没有忘记做。)
My husband was happy that I remembered to pay the bills on time last month.5.Regret reget+动名词Regret+动名词:意思是你做了某事却后悔了。我希望你没有那样做。事情发生了再后悔也没用。)
I regretted telling him my secret because he told everyone at my school. (I wish I hadn’t told him my secret.)后悔+动词不定式后悔+动词不定式:表示难过或抱歉((通常用于正式场合。)表示抱歉(通常只用于正式场合)。
We regret to tell you that your application was not accepted. (We’re sorry to have to tell you this.)最后,我们来造句,看你懂不懂。总之,不用担心这五个动词的特殊性,理解起来会很容易。不要停下来担心这些困难的动词,只要停止担心!:)