gerund

英 ['dʒerʌnd] 美 ['dʒɛrənd]

解释

※ 提供单词"gerund"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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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.