You may have noticed that in the pool is an adverbial prepositional phrase. It is telling us where the swimming happened. (Where is one of the adverb questions.) You should now be saying to yourself, "Hey! Nouns can only be modified by adjectives. What gives, Elizabeth?" Here is what ...
Gerund Phrase与现在分词短语的区别 尽管Gerund Phrase和现在分词短语(present participial phrase)都包含-ing形式的动词,但它们在句子中的功能和作用却有所不同。现在分词短语主要用作状语,描述动词的方式、时间或伴随情况,而Gerund Phrase则更多地作为名词性成分,在句子中充当主语、宾语等。例...
gerund phrase基本解释 动名词短句;动名词片语 分词解释 gerund动名词 phrase〈语〉短语 猜你喜欢 catch phrase(常指名人常说的) 时髦话,流行语 key phrase重点短语 noun phrase名词短语 pet phrase口头禅 phrase structure短语结构 prepositional phrase介词短语 set phrase固定词组 verb phrase动词词组 a set phrase...
A gerund functions as a nominal (noun form) which can be modified by adjectives. As a verbal, however, it retains the ability of verbs to take objects, complements, and adverb or adverbial modifiers. A gerund, its object, its complements, and its modifiers together constitute a gerund phras...
3.NominalGerund名词性的动名词 4.GerundPhrases动名词短语;动名词词组;动名词片语 5.GerundPhrase动名词短句;动名词片语 6.DanglingGerund悬垂动名词 7.half-gerund半动名词 8.full-gerund全动名词 用法例句 1. Appendix A:Verb Complements:Infinitive orGerund?
1. gerund (phrase) as subject Verb noun (phrase) when the subject is usually in the first sentence. Such as: Swimming is the best exercise in summer. In the summer, swimming is the best exercise. Living without an aim is like asiling without a compass. Living without an aim is like ...
Both a gerund and a participle are made of the simple form of the verb + ing. However, a gerund functions as a noun, but a participle functions as a verb or an adjective. What is an example of a gerund phrase? This is an example of a gerund phrase: ...
美[ˈdʒerənd] 英['dʒerənd] n.动名词 网络是动名词;谈谈动名词;动名词转译成动词 复数:gerunds 权威英汉双解 英汉 英英 网络释义 gerund n. 1. 动名词a noun in the form of the present participle of a verb (that is, ending in-ing) for exampletravellingin the sentenceI preferre...
I.1.Formandfunction•Agerundphraseincludesthegerundandtheobjectofthe gerundoranymodifiersrelatedtothegerund.Likeagerund,itisusedasanoun—assubject,predictive,object,objectofapreposition,orappositive.1)asanountobesubject•Youmustknowyourenemy.•Thatisthebestdefense.•Knowingyourenemyisthebestdefense.2)...
Gerunds can either stand alone, or they can take a noun (the object of the gerund) and/or modifier(s) to form agerund phrase. Continue reading... ger·und (jĕr′ənd) n. 1.In Latin, a noun derived from a verb and having all case forms except the nominative. ...