六、-ING 结构形式作介词的宾语

几乎所有介词，不管是单个介词还是介词词组，不管它们是谓语动词的组成部分与否，都能用-ING 结构形式的动名词作其宾语。所以，

-ING 结构形式作介词宾语的时候最多。

He is interested in playing table tennis./Only by working hard can you be admitted to the university as a postgraduate./They are amazing at the child's doing that./Instead of living in the comfortable home, he went to the mountain area to get training./He has a hoarse (发哑的) throat by shouting.

-ING 结构形式一般作介词短语的宾语，介词短语主要有以下搭配关系：

  1. 动词+介词+-ING

They insisted on going home immediately after the final exam./He go on speaking without noticing other's facial expression.

  1. 动词+名词或代词+介词+-ING 如：They charged him *for spitting

    around*./Excuse me *for being late*./They persuade John *on trying the experiment*.

  2. 名词+介词+-ING 如：He got a chance of studying inthe U.S.A/None of them has any ideaof helping her overcoming the psychological obstacles./Not all of teachers can have the opportunity of going abroad in near future.

  3. 动词+副词+介词+-ING 如：I look forward to her coming soon.

  4. 形容词（具有形容词性质的-ed 分词）+介词+-ING 如：I am *proud of

    having* such a son./He is greatly honored *of shaking hands with* the President./It's impossible for him *finishing* the task in so short a time.

  5. 在表示征询意见的 "How about⋯?", "What⋯about?" How about

going there?/What about having a concert?

以上几种类型常见的介词短语有：accuse⋯of, aim at, approve of, apart from, apology for, astonish at, be afraid of⋯, be angary about, be capable of⋯, be certain of, be confident of, be ingaged in⋯, be fond of⋯, be good at, be interested in⋯, believe in, be pleased about, be responsible for, be sick of⋯, be tired of⋯, be (get) used to⋯, chance of, congraduate⋯ on, depend on, devote⋯to, dream of, excuse for, experience in, feel like, for fear of, for the purpose of, habit of, hear of, hope of, honor of, idea of, importance of, in case of, intention of, in the event of, keep⋯from, look forward to, means of, method of, necessity of, objection to, opportunity of, persist in, plan for, possibility of, prevent from, process of, right of, set about, skill in, spend⋯in, stop⋯from, succeed in, surprise at, thank⋯ for, think of, with a view to, with the object of, way of, worry about.