We hope to become more accurate in predicting earthquakes.
我们希望能更准确地预报地震。请问:句中的in predicting earthquakes 可以换成 to predict earthquakes 吗?
席玉虎主编的《英语常用词用法详解大词典》指出:表示“在 ... 方面准确”要用介词 in,介词的宾语可以是名词、动名词或名词性从句。所以,We hope to become more accurate in predicting earthquakes. 中的 in predicting earthquakes 不可以换成 to predict earthquakes。