try doing/to do
try to do努力,企图做某事。
try doing 试验,试着做某事。
You must try to be more careful.
你可要多加小心。
I tried gardening1 but didnt succeed.
我试着种果木花卉,但未成功。
go on doing/to do
go on to do做了一件事后,接着做另一件事。
go on doing 继续做原来做的事。
After he had finished his maths,he went on to do his physics.
做完数学后,他接着去做物理。
Go on doing the other exercise after you have finished this one.
作完这个训练后,接着做其他的训练
be afraid doing/to do
be afraid to do不敢,胆怯去做某事,是主观上是什么原因不去做,意为怕;
be afraid of doing担忧出现doing的情况、结果。 doing 是客观上导致的,意为生怕,恐怕。
She was afraid to step further in grass because she was afraid of being bitten by a snake.
她生怕被蛇咬着,而不敢在草丛中再走一步。
She was afraid to wake her husband.
她不敢去叫醒她老公。
She was afraid of waking her husband.
她生怕吵醒她老公。
be interested doing/to do
interested to do 对做某事有兴趣,想知道某事。
interested in doing 对某种想法有兴趣,doing 一般为想法。
I shall be interested to know what happens.
我非常想了解出了什么事。
Im interested in working in Switzerland. Do you have any idea about that?
我对在瑞士工作有兴趣。你想过这事吗?
mean to doing/to do
mean to do 计划、想
mean doing意味着
I mean to go, but my father would not allow me to.
我想去,但我爸爸不愿让我去。
To raise wage means2 increasing purchasing power.
赠加薪资意味着增加购买力。
begin doing/to do
begin / start to do sth
begin / start doing sth.
1)说到一项长期活动或开始一种习惯时,用doing.
How old were you when you first started playing the piano?
你多大岁数时开始弹钢琴?
2)begin, start用进行时时,后面动词用不定式to do
I was beginning to get angry。
我开始生起气来。
3)在attempt, intend, begin, start 后接know, understand, realize这种动词时,常用不定式to do。
I begin to understand the truth。
我开始了解真相。
4)物作主语时
It began to melt