五、-ING 形式作动词宾语

可以跟-ING 形式作宾语的动词有三类：

一类动词后边作宾语的非限定性动词只能是-ING 形式，如： acknowledge, advocate, anticipate, appreciate, avoid, admit, advise, can't help, celebrate, consider, contemplate, defer, delay, deny, dislike, endure, enjoy, escape, excuse, fancy, favor, finish, forgive, give up, imagine, include, keep on, justify, mention, mind ( 在乎), miss, pardon, postpone, practise, prohibit, put off, quit, recall, require, resist, resume, risk, suggest, tolerate.

如：He admitted having killed the innocent. / You should give up smoking.

另一类动词后边作宾语的非限定性动词可以是-ING 形式的动名词，也可以是动词不定式，如：attempt, begin, can't bear, cann't afford, cease, consider, continue, deserve, forget, go on, hate, intend, like, love, neglect, omit,plan, prefer, propose, regret, remember, start, stop, try。但上述有些动词后接-ING 和不定式时在用法上有一定的区别：

1. 在 would love, /like, /prefer, /hate 等词后如果表示一种倾向或

习惯性的动作，一般用-ING 形式，如果表示特定的或具体的某次动作，则要用不定式。如：I like playing football./I would like to play football this afternoon.

1. 当谓语动词是进行时的时候，用不定式（但 consider

   要跟由连接副词或代词引起的不定式短语）： It's beginning to snow./ I'm considering how to go (where to go, what to do).

2. 在 remember, forget 等词后，如果跟-ING 形式，表示-ING

   形式的动作发生在主谓语之前；如果跟不定式则表示不定式的动作发生在主谓语动用之后。如：I remember telling her that last night.(“告诉”发生在“记得”之前)/He remembered to tell her that when she came back.(“记得”发生在“告诉”之前)/I'm sorry I forgotto give you the message.(主语动词表示的动作“忘记”发生在不定式表示的动作“给带口信”之前)/Why! I have such a bad memory.I forgot giving the message last night.(-ING 形式表示的动作“给带口信” 发生在主谓语动词表示的动作“忘记”之前)

3. stop, go on 和 leave off 之后跟接动词不定式和-ING

   形式所表达的意义有所不同。如：

They stopped (talking) to work.(停下[其他动作]来工作)

They stopped working.(停下工作[来干其他动作])

Workers went on discussing the problem.

(工人续继讨论这一问题)

Workers went on to discuss the problem.

(工人们停下来其他事，续继讨论这一问题)

He left off writing.(他停下写作[去干其他事]) He left off to write.(他停下其他事来写作)

另外，-ING 形式作宾语还有下一结构，即用 it 代表-ING 形式，而把-ING 形式短语放到句子的后边去。如：

I consider it worthwhile spending ten thousand yuan on the furniture.

Marry fount it marvellous having a journey with him.