gerund

英 ['d?er?nd] 美['d??r?nd]

TEM4暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?gerunds;

1、ger- "carry, act, do" + -und.
2、字面意思：that which is to be done.
3、那種正在被做的動(dòng)作、過程、狀態(tài)。=> 動(dòng)名詞。=> 可以理解為動(dòng)作性名詞、動(dòng)詞性名詞。

gerund 動(dòng)名詞

來自詞根ger, gest, 含有，帶來，詞源同exaggerate, gesture. 用于語言學(xué)術(shù)語。

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.: 英語語法中, 動(dòng)名詞具有與現(xiàn)在分詞完全一樣的形式.

2. Gerund is used partly as a noun, partly as a verb.: 動(dòng)名詞部分當(dāng)作名詞, 部分當(dāng)作動(dòng)詞.

3. The word " worth " can be construed with a gerund in active voice.: “ worth ” 一詞可與主動(dòng)語態(tài)的動(dòng)名語連用.

4. You've got mixed up by the use of participle and gerund.: 你混淆了現(xiàn)在分詞和動(dòng)名詞的用法.

5. The only country where won't hear such a gerund is Britain.: 唯一一個(gè)你聽不到這個(gè)動(dòng)名詞的國家是英國.