resist 抵制; detest 厭惡; keep 保留; risk 冒險; dislike 討厭; mind 在意; save 挽救; dread 害怕; miss 錯過; suggest 建議; enjoy 喜歡; pardon 原諒;
understand 理解; escape 逃避;permit 允許
例如:
I recommend buying the dictionary.
我建議買這本詞典。
I don’t anticipate meeting any opposition.
我估計不會遇到任何反對意見。
Will you admit having broken the window?
你承認不承認打破了窗戶?
2) 有些動詞短語后也要求跟動名詞作賓語。常這樣用的動詞短語有:
can’t stand 忍不住; can’t help 忍不住; feel like 想,欲;
give up 放棄; put off 推遲
例如:
He put off making a decision till he had more information.
在獲得詳情之前,他沒有急于作出決定。
Do you feel like taking a walk?
你要不要去散步?
3) 動名詞常跟在介詞或介詞短語后做賓語。常這樣用的介詞短語有:instead of, look forward to, object to, keep on, see about, take to 等。
例如:
We are looking forward to coming to China.
我們期待著來中國。
We succeeded in getting over all the difficulties.
我們終于克服了所有的困難。
4) 在“have difficulty (trouble, problem, a hard time, fun, a good time) (+in) + 動名詞; be busy (in) + 動名詞;waste time (in) + 動名詞;lost time (in) + 動名詞;There is no point (in) + 動名詞”等結構中,動名詞做介詞賓語,in常要省去。例如:
The children are busy doing their homework.
孩子們忙于做作業。
There is no point (in) making the simple experiments once again.
再做一次這種簡單的實驗是毫無意義的。
5) 在復合賓語中,用it作形式賓語,將動名詞短語放在后面。例如:
I consider it a waste of time arguing about it.
我認為辯論這事是很浪費時間的。
6) 在“there be”結構當中,be為動名詞時,該結構也是一種帶邏輯主語的動名詞形式。例如:
We can imagine there being a lot of fuss about it.
我們可以想象到人們對此大驚小怪。
Were you disappointed at there not having been more gifts?