gerund

英 ['dʒerʌnd] 美['dʒɛrənd]

TEM4 畅通词汇

1. a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)

Middle English, gerund of lightnen [ to illuminate, ].: 中古英语, lightnen的动名词 [ 照亮 ].

The word " worth " can be construed with a gerund in active voice.: “ worth ” 一词可与主动语态的动名语连用.

In English grammar, the gerund has exactly the same form as the present participle.: 英语语法中, 动名词具有与现在分词完全一样的形式.

The only country where won't hear such a gerund is Britain.: 唯一一个你听不到这个动名词的国家是英国.

The gerund must be VT, with the subject as its sense object.: 动词名中的动词一定是及物动词, 主语为此动词的感官对象.

In English grammar, gerund has exactly the same form as the present participle.: 英语语法中, 动名词具有与现在分词完全一样的“形式”.

An infinitive or gerund is just one of the verb forms and not a verb.: 不定词或动名词只是动词其中的一个形态,而它们不是动词,所以他们与动词的时态毫无关系.

Sometimes , gerund or infinitive can also used to be the subject of the sentence.: 动名词和不定词也可以当作句子的主词.

复数: gerunds;

1、ger- "carry, act, do" + -und.
2、字面意思：that which is to be done.
3、那种正在被做的动作、过程、状态。=> 动名词。=> 可以理解为动作性名词、动词性名词。

gerund 动名词

来自词根ger, gest, 含有，带来，词源同exaggerate, gesture. 用于语言学术语。

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.

1. In English grammar, the gerund has exactly the same form as the present participle.: 英语语法中, 动名词具有与现在分词完全一样的形式.

3. The word " worth " can be construed with a gerund in active voice.: “ worth ” 一词可与主动语态的动名语连用.

4. You've got mixed up by the use of participle and gerund.: 你混淆了现在分词和动名词的用法.

5. The only country where won't hear such a gerund is Britain.: 唯一一个你听不到这个动名词的国家是英国.