enjoy 喜歡
practice 練習
mind 介意
resist 抗拒
finish 完成
deny 否認
admit 承認
例: I enjoy to sing. (╳)
→I enjoy singing. (○)
(我喜歡唱歌。)
He admitted to steal my money. (╳)
→He admitted stealing my money. (○)
(他承認偷了我的錢。)
She practices to play the piano two hours a day. (╳)
→She practices playing the piano two hours a day. (○)
(她每天都花兩個小時練習彈鋼琴。)
注意:
a. 有些及物動詞如like (喜歡), love (喜愛), hate (痛恨) 等, 可使用不定詞片語或動名詞作其受詞。
例: I like (或love) to work with him.
I like (或love) working with him.
(我喜歡跟他共事。)
I hate to tell lies.
I hate telling lies.
(我痛恨說謊。)
b. stop smoking 戒煙
=quit smoking
=give up smoking
例: I stopped smoking three years ago.
(我三年前就戒煙了。)
The chain smoker tried very hard to give up smoking, but he couldn't.
(這位癮君子拼命設法戒煙,但就是戒不掉。)
c. stop可作及物動詞, 表示『停止從事……』的意思, 以動名詞作其受詞。但stop亦可作不及物動詞, 表示『停止』的意思, 之後接不定詞片詞, 表示『停止某件事, 而改做另一件事』的意思。即:
stop + 動名詞 停止從事……
stop to + 動詞原形 停下來開始……
例: John stopped talking to me when his father
walked in.
(約翰的父親走進來時,約翰就把和我的談話打住了。)
John stopped to talk to me when he saw me.
(約翰看到我時,便停下來與我談話。)
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