動(dòng)名詞
動(dòng)名詞也是動(dòng)詞的一種非限定形式, 由動(dòng)詞原形加詞尾-ing構(gòu)成。與現(xiàn)在分詞構(gòu)成法相同。它同時(shí)具有動(dòng)詞及名詞特征。
以下主要介紹其做定語(yǔ)及狀語(yǔ)的情況。
1. 作定語(yǔ)
None is allowed to smoke in the waiting room.
The speeding car came to a stop all of a sudden.
2. 作狀語(yǔ)
介詞+動(dòng)名詞可以作狀語(yǔ)用, 表示時(shí)間、原因、目的、讓步、方式等。
After finishing the job, he went home.
He was blamed for having done something wrong.
They went to Manchester with the object of winning the World Championship.