gerund
gerund 英 [ˈdʒerənd] 美 [ˈdʒɛrənd]
n. 动名词
名词复数:gerunds
- In English grammar, a gerund is a word based on a verb that functions as a noun in the sentence. For example, if you say "Sleeping is my favorite thing to do," "sleeping" is a gerund.
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- n. 动名词
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1. I have trouble telling the difference between a gerund and a participle.
动名词和分词的区别，我分不出来。
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2. Constantine recommends using a gerund followed by a direct object (for example: "withdrawing funds" or "examining the passbook").
Constantine建议使用动名词，后跟一个直接宾语（例如：“取款 (withdrawingfunds)”或“检查存折 (examining thepassbook)”）。
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3. 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。
- 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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