1.在enjoy(欣賞), miss(錯過), practice(練習), suggest(建議), consider(考慮), avoid(避免), mind(介意), finish(完成), put off(延遲), give up(放棄)等動詞后只可接動名詞作賓語。

You’d better avoid making mistakes.

你最好避免犯錯誤。

He decided to put off going home.

他決定延期回家。

2.在慣用法be worth(值得), be busy(忙于), can’t help(禁不住), It is no use(沒有用)等后接動名詞。

The film is worth seeing.

這部電影值得看。

動名詞seeing作形容詞worth的賓語。

It is no use doing such a thing.

做這樣的事沒用。

It is no use saying such a thing.

說這樣的話沒用。

3.在need(需要), want(需要), worth(值得), deserve(該)等字后常跟動名詞的主動形式表示被動的意義。

Your bicycle needs repairing.

你的腳踏車需要修理。

These flowers want watering.

這些花該澆水了。

The book is not worth reading.

這本書不值一讀。

The rule is worth reading ten times.

這規定值得讀上十遍。

The child deserves beating.

這孩子該打。

You deserve punishing.

你該受到懲罰。