第八章 動(dòng)詞的非謂語(yǔ)形式 動(dòng)名詞作介詞賓語(yǔ)

　　1.動(dòng)名詞作介詞賓語(yǔ)的時(shí)候很多，特別是用在某些成語(yǔ)后面：

　　I'm thinking of visiting these cities.

　　我在想游覽這些城市。

　　She was tired of drawing.

　　她畫畫已經(jīng)畫厭了。

　　Are you interested in going to the show?

　　你有興趣去看演出嗎?

　　Have you succeeded in convincing them?

　　你成功地說(shuō)服他們了嗎?

　　I've been looking forward to coming to Beijing.

　　我一直盼望來(lái)北京。

　　He's fond of swimming in deep water.

　　他喜歡在深水中游泳。

　　2.動(dòng)名詞還可和許多介詞一起構(gòu)成介詞短語(yǔ)作狀語(yǔ)：

　　After playing chess，we watched TV.

　　下過(guò)棋之后我們看電視。

　　Give me a phone call before leaving home.

　　離家前給我打個(gè)電話。

　　Thanks for coming.

　　謝謝你來(lái)。

　　He felt a great delight in helping others.

　　幫助別人他感到很高興。

　　Instead of going home，he went to see a film.

　　他沒(méi)回家而是去看了一場(chǎng)電影。

　　She left early for fear of missing the train.

　　她動(dòng)身早以免誤車。

　　3.動(dòng)名詞還可和介詞構(gòu)成短語(yǔ)作定語(yǔ)(a)作表語(yǔ)(b)：

　　a. She hasn't got much experience in looking after babies.

　　照看嬰兒她沒(méi)有多少經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

　　I like your method of doing the work.

　　我喜歡你這種工作的方法。

　　Do you have any objection to my going there.

　　我去那里你有反對(duì)意見(jiàn)嗎?

　　That's their way of doing things.

　　這是他們行事的辦法。

　　b. I'm all for going by bus.

　　我完全贊成坐公共汽車去。

　　Who is against changing the plan?

　　誰(shuí)反對(duì)改變計(jì)劃?

　　It was like finding a needle in a haystack.

　　這簡(jiǎn)直是大海撈針。

　　4.用在介詞后的動(dòng)名詞還可用被動(dòng)或完成形式：

　　They insisted on their being treated as equals.

　　他們堅(jiān)持對(duì)他們要平等相待。

　　She was furious at being denied admittance.

　　不讓她進(jìn)去她很生氣。

　　I have no idea of their having done such a thing.

　　我不知道他們做過(guò)這樣的事。

　　Only then can we regard ourselves as having done our duty.

　　只有這時(shí)我們才能認(rèn)為自己盡到了責(zé)任。