2011年11月13日 星期日

To+動名詞


to動名詞 
(1)
be used toa. I'm not used to Taipei traffic conditions.(我不習慣臺北的交通狀況。)
               b. I'm not used to driving in Taipei.(我不習慣在臺北開車。)
(2) confess to a. The thief confessed to the crime(那小偷承認他所犯的罪。)
               b. The thief confessed to having stolen the money.(那小偷承認偷了那筆錢。)
(3) object to   Would you object to going to the Chinese restaurant?
(4) own up to  ... 完全坦白地供認 It takes courage to own up to stealing money.
(5) fall to    The girls fell to (= began) discussing their boyfriends.(這些女孩子開始談論
(6) As to 至於
As to accepting their demand, we must consider it carefully.(
至於接受他們的要求
(7) Owing to failing twice, he had no courage to try again.(因為失敗過兩次﹐ 他沒有勇氣再試了。)

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(1)
inclined prone (都作習性)後面都可接“to+名詞或代名詞﹐但不可接“to+動名詞﹐須改成不定詞。如: 
(a) He's inclined to laziness. (O)(
他生性懶惰。) He's inclined to be lazy. (O)
   He's inclined to being lazy. (×)
(b) He's prone to anger. (O) (
他容易發怒。)   He's prone to be angry. (O)
He's prone to being angry. (×)

(2) agree/consent to
之後既可接原形動詞﹐也可接動名詞﹐但含義不同:“agree/consent to+原形動詞是主詞應他人之請求而承諾做某事“agree/consent to+所有格+動名詞是主詞允許他人做某事 如:
    (a) He consented (or agreed) to lend me the money from his own pocket.

(3) be/get/become accustomed to
之後雖然常接動名詞 (或名詞或代名詞)﹐但是在英語中也可接原形動詞 (to 結合而成不定詞)﹐而且兩者的含義並無差異。 如:
(a)
A
You have to take a bus to school. Are you accustomed to that?
BI'm not accustomed to taking a bus to school. I'm accustomed to walking to school.

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