01动名词起名词的作用,在句中可作主语、表语、宾语或介词宾语、定语:
01-01、作主语:
- Smoking is prohibited.
- 禁止吸烟。
01-02、作表语:
- My favorite sport is skating.
- 我喜炊的运动是滑冰。
01-03、作宾语或介词宾语:
- I suggested going by boat.
- 我建议坐船去。
- They insisted on going by plane.
- 他们坚持坐飞机去。
01-04、作定语:
- Give me my shopping bag.
- 把购物袋给我。
- This is your boarding pass.
- 这是你的登机证。
* 在很多情况下可以构成合成词:
- singing competition
- 歌咏比赛
- wimming pool
- 游泳池
- opening speech
- 开幕词
- dining-car
- 餐车
- waiting-room
- 候车室
- milling—machine
- 铣床
- sleeping-pill
- 安眠药片
- coughing drops
- 咳嗽糖浆
- deep—ploughing
- 深耕
- close—planting
- 密植
- weightlifting
- 举重
- family—planning
- 计划生育
02有些动名词已名词化,前面可以加冠词,可以用定语修饰,至有复数形式,这种动名词可称为名词化的动名词:
- You should give the room a good cleaning.
- 你应该把房间好好打扫一下。
- Who did the recording?
- 是谁录的音?
- I have some shopping to do.
- 我得去买些东西。
- The work needs careful planning.
- 这工作需要周密计划。
- Please take our greetings to him.
- 请向他问好。
03有些动名词已完全成为名词:
- Let’s bring in the washing.
- 咱们去把洗的衣服收进来。
- The story has a happy ending.
- 这故事有一个愉快的结局。