二、只接不定式而不接动名词作宾语的动词
ache(渴望),aGREe(同意), aim(目的在于), ask(要求),arrange(安排), attempt(试图),ask(要求),beg(请求), care(愿意),claim(声称), consent(同意),dare(敢于),decline (拒绝),decide (决定),demand (要求),desire ( 期望), determine(决定),disdain(蔑视),en-deavor(努力),expect (期望),hesitate(犹豫),hope(希望),intend(倾向于),long(渴望),manage(设法做),neglect(否认),offer(表示要),opt(选择),plan(计划),pledge(保证),prepare(准备),pretend(假装),promise(答应),prove(证明),reckon(盘算),refuse(拒绝),re-solve(决心),seek (试图),scorn(不屑接受),swear(发誓), tend (倾向于),threaten ( 威胁),venture(冒险),volunteer (志愿),vote(投票),vow(发誓),undertake (承担,从事), wish (希望)等。例:
The thankful station master offered to teach Edison railway telegraph.怀着感激心情的站长,主动提出教爱迪生铁路电报技术。
By saving on food and clothes,the father managed to send him to school. 父亲省吃俭用,设法送他上学。
He never refused to help a neighbor, even with the roughest sort of work. 他从不拒绝帮助邻居干活,哪怕是最重的活。
After nearly seventeen years in the East, Marco Polo and his father prepared to return home. 在东方生活了十七年之后,马可.波罗和他的父亲准备回国。