gerund
英 ['dʒerʌnd]
美 ['dʒɛrənd]
助記提示
1、ger- "carry, act, do" + -und.
2、字麵意思：that which is to be done.
3、那種正在被做的動作、過程、狀態。=> 動名詞。=> 可以理解為動作性名詞、動詞性名詞。
中文詞源
gerund 動名詞來自詞根ger, gest, 含有，帶來，詞源同exaggerate, gesture. 用於語言學術語。
英文詞源
- gerund (n.)
- 1510s, from Late Latin gerundium (also gerundivus modus), from Latin gerundum "to be carried out," gerundive of gerere "to bear, carry" (see gest). In Latin, a verbal noun used for all cases of the infinitive but the nominative; applied in English to verbal nouns in -ing. "So called because according to the old grammarians, the gerund prop[erly] expressed the doing or the necessity of doing something" [Century Dictionary]. Gerund-grinder "instructor in Latin grammar," also "pedant," is from 1710.
雙語例句
- 1. In English grammar, the gerund has exactly the same form as the present participle.
- 英語語法中, 動名詞具有與現在分詞完全一樣的形式.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Gerund is used partly as a noun, partly as a verb.
- 動名詞部分當作名詞, 部分當作動詞.
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- 3. The word " worth " can be construed with a gerund in active voice.
- “ worth ” 一詞可與主動語態的動名語連用.
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- 4. You've got mixed up by the use of participle and gerund.
- 你混淆了現在分詞和動名詞的用法.
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- 5. The only country where won't hear such a gerund is Britain.
- 唯一一個你聽不到這個動名詞的國家是英國.
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