to doing 固定搭配

2023年12月24日發(作者：谷德昭)

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to doing sth的常用搭配

英語中的to有時是不定式符號，后接動詞原形；有時是介詞，后接動詞時，動詞用動名詞，很容易混淆。下面是介詞to后接動名詞的一些常見搭配：

1. admit to doing sth 承認做了某事。如：

He admitted to having taken the money. 他承認拿了那筆錢。

George would never admit to being wrong. 喬治從不認錯。

2. apply to doing sth 適用于做某事。如：

The methods apply to learning English. 這些方法適用于英語學習。

有時apply為及物動詞。如：

We must apply our minds to finding a solution. 我們要動動腦筋找出解決的辦法來。

另外還有：apply onelf to doing sth 專心致力于做某事。如：

She applied herlf to learning English. 她努力學習英語。

3. be [get] ud to doing sth 習慣于做某事。如：

John has got ud to sleeping late. 約翰已習慣很晚睡覺了。

She is ud to living in the country. 她習慣于住在鄉下。

4. come [be] near to doing sth 幾乎做某事，差點就做某事。如：

I was near to screaming. 我險些喊叫起來。

I came near to forgetting my raincoat. 我差點把雨衣給忘了。

注意，單獨使用的next to（次于）也后接動名詞。如：

Next to skiing her favourite sport was ice-hockey. 她最喜愛的運動是滑雪，其次是冰球。

5. devote sth to doing sth把時間(錢，精力等)獻給做某事。如：

Charlie devotes his time to reading. 查理的時間都用于讀書。

也可用于：devote onelf to doing sth 全心投入做某事。如：

She devoted herlf entirely to writing. 她全心投入寫作。

注意其被動式。如：

This dictionary is devoted to explaining word usage. 這本詞典是解釋詞的用法。

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Her life was devoted to caring for the sick and needy. 她一生都致力于關心照顧貧病交迫的人。

be devoted to doing sth 把時間(錢，精力等)獻給做某事

6. (be) equal to doing sth 有能力做某事，能勝任做某事，等于做某事。如：

This is equal to saying that he knows her well. 這就等于說他很熟悉她。

She didn’t feel equal to receiving visitors. 她感到身體不適，不能會客。

7. fall to doing sth 開始做某事。如：

They fell to (eating) with great gusto. 他們開始津津有味地大吃起來。

She fell to brooding about what had happened to her. 她開始沉思默想自己的遭遇。

8. get down to doing sth開始做某事，認真處理某事。如：

After lunch we got down to discussing the issue of pay. 午餐之后，我們開始認真討論報酬的問題。

9. in addition to doing sth 除做某事之外。如：

In addition to giving me some advice, he gave me some money. 他不僅給我提了些忠告，而且還給了我一些錢。

10. key to doing sth 做某事的關鍵。如：

The humble potato may be the key to feeding the world’s population. 這不起眼的土豆有可能是解決全世界人口溫飽的關鍵。

11. look forward to doing sth 盼望做某事。如：

I look forward to hearing from you. 盼早日收到你的來信。

I look forward to being alone in the hou. 我盼望著能自己一人在這所房子里。

12. oppo to doing sth 反對做某事。如：

I oppo to your going there alone. 我反對你一個人去那兒。

注意其被動式的用法。如：

I’m oppod to telling him the news at once. 我反對馬上告訴他這個消息。

13. pay attention to doing sth 注意做某事。如：

We should pay more attention to uniting and working with the comrades who

differ with us. 我們應該更注意團結那些與自己意見不同的工作。

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其中的pay有時可換成其他動詞。如：

He gives all his attention to making money. 他的注意力完全集中在賺錢上。

14. reduce sb to doing sth 使某人淪為做某事。如：

Hunger reduced them to stealing. 饑餓使他們淪落為盜賊。

注意其被動式的用法。如：

He was reduced to begging for food. 最后他淪為乞丐。

15. t one’s mind to doing sth 決心做某事。如：

He is ud to working at night. 他習慣在夜里工作。

He is ud to looking after himlf. 他已習慣于自己照顧自己。

16. object to doing sth 反對做某事。如：

He objected to being treated like a child. ?他反對被當作小孩子看待。

I object to to being treated like this. 受到這樣的待遇我表示抗議。

17. take to doing sth 喜歡上做某事，逐漸習慣做某事。如：

He soon took to drinking again. 不久他又喝起酒來。

He took to gardening in his retirement. 他退休后就搞起了園藝。

18. What do you say to doing sth 你認為做某事如何？如：

What do you say to playing tennis? 打打網球怎么樣?

What do you say to going to the theatre tonight? 今晚去看戲你說好嗎?

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