vi. 动名词的时态与语态意义

1. 动名词一般式所表示的动作与谓语动词所表示的动作同时或在其后发生。

I am thinking of getting a new dictionary.

我正在考虑买一本新词典。

She's proud of being beautiful.

她为自己美丽而骄傲。

I approved of his taking part in the project.

我同意他参加这项工程。

I'm confident of his succeeding .

我对他会成功很有信心。

2. 动名词完成式表示的动作发生在谓语动词所表示的动作之前。

He never talked to me about his having been in Paris.

他从来没有向我谈起曾经去过巴黎。

They regret not having been able to inform you of the news.

他们很遗憾没有能够告知你这个消息。

3. 动名词的被动语态表示其动作的逻辑主语是动名词所表示动作的承受者。

He doesn't like being laughed at in public.

他不喜欢在公共场合被人嘲笑。

She doesn't like being flattered .

她不喜欢被阿谀奉承。

I heard of his having been chosen to take part in the match.

我听说他被选中去参加比赛。

The house problem is far from being settled.

房子问题远没有解决。

专项练习

1. I don't remember _______ before.

A. being seen him

B. to see him

C. to have seen him

D. having seen him

2. I dislike _______ while attempting to learn skiing.

A. being looked at

B. looking at

C. to look at

D. having looked at

3. Babies enjoy _______ before they go to sleep.

A. to pat

B. to be pat

C. patting

D. being patted

4. While shopping, people sometimes can't help _______ into buying something they don't really need.

A. to persuade

B. persuading

C. being persuaded

D. be persuaded

5. He is proud of _______ the first place in the match yesterday.

A. winning

B. being won

C. having won

D. to have won

6. He was surprised at _______ about it.

A. having asked

B. having been asked

C. being asked

D. asking

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