2.作介词宾语
动词的-ing形式作介词宾语大都和一些固定搭配有关。常见的几种搭配形式有:
① 动词
+ 介词 + -ing形式
Jason aims at becoming an astronaut. 詹森立志要当宇航员。
I dream of being the best footballer in
the school. 我梦想成为全校最好的足球队员。
比较:
keep doing 继续或保持做某事。(强调动作的持续性)
News lf successes keeps pouring in. 捷报频传。
Keep on doing 继续或反复做某事。(强调动作的反复性)
We will keep on trying and.if we get
anything done.will notify you.
我们将继续努力。有结果将通知你。
Keep sb doing 使某人一直做某事(表示被迫进行的动作)
I'll try not to keep you waiting. 我尽量不让你久等。
Keep sb from doing 阻止某人做某事(=preventstop sb from doing)
The stone walls keep the farmer's cows
from joining his neighbor's cows.
石头墙使农民家的牛不会混入邻居的牛群中去。
② 动词
+ 名词 + 介词 + -ing形式
Please excuse me for being late. 对不起,我迟到了。
What prevented you from joining us last
night 昨天晚上什么事使你不能和我们在一起
Sandy wasted no time in getting to know
the boss's daughter. 桑迪很快就开始就和老板的女儿套近乎了。
③ 名词
+ 介词 + -ing形式
We like his way of teaching English. 我们喜欢他教英语的方式。
He has little hope of passing the
examination. 他几乎没有什么希望通过考试。
I have no difficulty in communicating
with foreigners. 我在和外国人交谈方面没有什么困难。
④ 形容词
+ 介词 + -ing形式
I'm tired of having the same food every
day. 天天吃同样的东西我感到腻烦了。
Peter is angry about not being invited
to the party. 没有被邀请出席聚会,彼得很生气。
Who's responsible for organizing this
conference 是谁负责组织这次大会?
⑤ whathow about +
-ing形式
What about going for a walk 去散步好不好?
How about playing a game of chess now 现在来下盘棋好吗
⑥介词to
+ 动词-ing形式
to 既可以是介词,也可以是不定式符号,在使用中比较容易混淆。若是不定式符号,to后接动词原形;若是介词,to后需接 -ing形式。
You must get used to washing your face
with cold water. 你必须习惯用冷水洗脸。
John has admitted to breaking the
window. 约翰已承认了打碎窗子。
I'm looking forward to seeing you this
summer vacation. 我盼望今年暑假见到你。
He has devoted his whole life to
benefiting mankind. 他为全人类的利益献出了自己的一生。
However, others strongly object to
developing private cars. 然而,另有一些人强烈反对发展私人小汽车。
He is equal to doing this task. 他能胜任这项任务。
The man took to drinking shortly after
his wife died. 他妻子死后不久,这人就开始嗜酒。
Isn't it time you got down to marking
those papers 难道还没到你安下心来阅卷的时间吗?
D.动词的-ing形式作宾语补足语