牛津实用英语语法:259 介词之后的动名词

　　A 如把动词直接放在介词后面，就必须用动名词形式：

　　What can yon do besides typing?

　　除了打字你还会做什么?

　　I have no objection to hearing your story again.

　　再听一遍你的故事，我没有异议。

　　Touch your toes without bending your knees!

　　试着不屈膝去够你的脚趾!

　　He is good at diving.

　　他擅长跳水。

　　She is fond of climbing.

　　她喜欢爬山。

　　Im not keen on gambling.Im too afraid of losing.

　　我对赌博不感兴趣。我太怕输了。

　　He was fined for being drunk in charge of a car.

　　他因酒醉驾车被罚款。

　　Im against saying anything./Im for saying nothing.

　　我反对说话。/我赞成什么都不说。

　　Im tired of arguing.Im fed up waiting.

　　我厌烦争辩了。我等得腻味极了。(口语)

　　This is a tool for opening tins.

　　这是一个开罐头的工具。

　　Do you feel like going out?

　　你想出去玩吗?

　　After swimming I felt cold.

　　游完泳我感到冷。

　　She disapproves of jogging.

　　她不赞成慢跑锻炼。

　　What about leaving it here and collecting it later?

　　先把它放在这里等一会儿再来取怎么样?

　　He is thinking of emigrating.

　　他正在考虑移居国外。

　　Im sorry for keeping you waiting.

　　很抱歉，让你久等了。

　　They escaped by sliding down a rope.

　　他们是从一根绳子上滑下来逃走的。

　　We had difficulty in finding a parking place.

　　我们费了很大劲才找到一个停车位。

　　You should be ashamed of yourself for behaving so badly.

　　你应该为你的行为无礼感到羞耻。

　　In spite of starting late， he arrived in time.

　　虽然他动身很晚，却及时到了。

　　Arent you interested in making money?

　　难道你对赚钱不感兴趣?

　　Theres no point in waiting.

　　等待是毫无意义的。

　　B 某些动词+介词/副词(即短语动词)后面要求接动名词。最常用的这类组合有 be for/against， care for， give up，keep on，leave off， look forward to， put off， see about， take to。( go on的用法参见第363节。)

　　I dont care for standing in queues.

　　我不喜欢排队。

　　Eventually the dogs left off barking.

　　狗终于不叫了。

　　I am looking forward to meeting her.

　　我渴望见到她。

　　He put off making a decision till he had more information.

　　他推迟到获得详情之后再决定。

　　He took to ringing us up in the middle of the night.

　　他开始习惯在半夜给我们打电话。