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英文的 remember 一字,后面可接用动名词,也可接用不定词,不过产生的意义有别,宜加注意。比较:
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(a) I remember seeing him once.(我记得见过他一次。)
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(b) I remember to see him tomorrow.(我明天一定要去找他。)
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接用动名词的是指过去,接用不定词的是指未来。不过如果你用了完成不定词,当然也就是指的过去了,所以(a)例可改写为 I remember to have seen him once.或是 I remember that I saw him once.(b)例也可改写为 I remember that I must see him tomorrow.
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和 remember 相反的字 forget,也有同样的用法,例如:
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(a) I forget going= I forget that I went.
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(b) I forget to go= I forget that I must go.
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Evans 说,在 forget 一字后应接用不定词,如果要接用动名词时,就得再加一个 about 字样,例如:
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I forgot to mail the letter.或是说 I forgot about mailing the letter.
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但一般的英文学者都认为 forget 后面是可以直接接用动名词的,如 Hornby 在 Patterns and Usage p.19中即有:
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Shall you ever forget hearing her sing?的例句。
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Zandvoort 在 Handbook p.27中也有:
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I shall never forget seeing her stand on the balcony of the palace.的例句。
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Kruisinga 在他的 Handbook p.381中也有:
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Well,if you think going to dinner will help you to forget going to church.—— Cotes, Cindrella
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英文疑难详解 78.不可以说 I am having money
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照文法的规定,“我现在正有钱”只能译成英文的 I have money,不可以说 I am having money.为什么又可以说 He is having his supper.的呢?
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【解答】动词 have 作“所有”解的时候,是表示状态,而非表示动作的,所以用在这种意义上是没有进行式的形态的,例如:
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1.他有结实的身体。
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He has a good constitution.
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2.他有大的抱负。
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He has a great ambition.
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以上即令是表示状态也不能用进行式的动词。但是说 He is having his supper.确是可以说的,因为 is having 是等于 is taking,而没有“所有”的意思,is taking 即 is eating 所以是可以用进行式的。动词的 have,只要不作“有”字解,就可以用进行式。普通 have 常用作“享受”(enjoy)或“饮食”(partake of)的意思,或其他的惯用句,在那种场合,是无妨用进行式的。现再举几个例来看:
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