既可接不定式又可接动名词作宾语的动词

一、后接不定式或动名词且含义相同的动词
这类动词常见的有:like 喜欢 / love 喜欢 / hate 憎恨 / prefer 宁可 / begin 开始 / start 开始 / continue 继续 / can’t bear 不能忍受 / bother 麻烦 / intend 想要 / attempt 试图 / cease 停止,等。如: He likes travelling [to travel] alone. 他喜欢单独旅行。He began doing [to do] this job last year. 他去年开始做这工作。Don’t bother to get [getting]dinner for me. 请不必费事为我做饭了。注意:当 like, love, hate, prefer 与 would, should 连用时,其后只能接不定式。如:I’d like to drop in and see you tonight. 我想今晚来看你。另外,当 begin, start 本身为进行时态或后接 know, realize, understand 等静态动词时,其后的动词只能用不定式。如:He is beginning to work in that company. 他即将开始去那个公司工作。After the talk with his English teacher, he began to like English. 跟英语老师谈话之后,他开始喜欢英语了。

二、forget, remember, regret 后接不定式或动名词含义不同后接不定式或动名词含义不同
动词 forget, remember, regret 等接不定式时,表示非谓语动词的动作发生于谓语动词的动作之后;接动名词作宾语时,表示非谓语动词的动作发生于谓语动词的动作之前。如:I forgot to tell you about it. 我忘记告诉你那件事了。I remembered giving the book to Li Lei, but he said I didn’t. 我记得我把书给李蕾了,但是他说我没有给。此外,动词 forget, remember, regret 等接动名词、接动名词的完成式或不定式的完成式作宾语时,意义相同。如:I regretted to have broken the rules of our class. = I regretted having broken the rules of our class. 我后悔违反了班规。

三、mean后接不定式或动名词含义不同
动词 mean 接不定式作宾语时,表示一种意图,意思是“打算做,想要做”;接动名词作宾语时,表示解释,意思是“意味着,意思是”。如:”I didn’t mean to bother you. 我本不想打扰你。What he said means going there by air. 他的话的意思是坐飞机去那儿。

四、try后接不定式或动名词含义不同
try 接不定式作宾语时,表示一种决心,意思是“设法做,尽力做”;接动名词作宾语时,表示尝试,意思是“试着做”。如:I’ll try to catch up with my class. 我将尽力赶上同学们。I tried reading the text without consulting my dictionary. 我试着不查词典来阅读课文。

五、need, require, want, deserve后接不定式或动名词语态不同
need, require, want, deserve 等表示“需要”的动词后另一动词作宾语时,该动词用不定式或动名词均可,但是其语态不同,即动名词用主动形式表示被动意义,而不定式则用被动形式表示被动意义。如:The flowers need watering every day. = The flowers need to be watered every day. 花儿需要每天浇水。注意:若 need, require, want后接动词为句子主语所发出的动作,则只能用不定式,不能用动名词。如:I need to water the flowers every day. 我需要每天给花浇水。

六、can’t help后接不定式或动名词含义不同
can’t help 后接不定式时,意思是“不能帮忙做某事”;接动名词作宾语时,意思是“禁不住做某事,情不自禁做某事”。如:I’m very busy now, so I can’t help (to) clean the room. 我现在很忙,因此不能帮助打扫房间。The girl couldn’t help crying when she saw her mother again. 当小女孩再次看到母亲时,她情不自禁地哭了起来。说明:以下两个动词后接不定式或动名词(不一定是用作宾语)意思也不同:go on to do sth  (做完某事后)继续做另一事) (不定式作状语)go on doing  继续做一直在做的事 (动名词作状语)stop to do sth  停下正在做的事以便去做另一事 (不定式作状语)stop doing sths)  停做正在做的事 (动名词作宾语)