The man kept his eyes ____ on his baby for quite some time.
A fixed B being fixed
请问这里为何用A ,非谓语动词做宾语不是只能用to do 或 doing 吗?
The man kept his eyes ____ on his baby for quite some time.
A fixed B being fixed
要解决网友这个问题,需要从 keep 的用法谈起。涉及到本句,keep 有两个句型需要讲:
keep + 宾语 + doing
keep + 宾语 + adj.
(纠正一下网友这个说法:非谓语动词做宾语。这里,his eyes 是宾语,现在分词或形容词作宾补)
语法规则是:在现在分词或形容词作宾补都允许的情况下,我们直接用形容词作宾补,而不用 “being + 形容词” 作宾补。这是语言追求简练的基本要求。例如:
We found him lying on the floor. (正)
We found him very excited.(正)
我们不说:
We found him being very excited.(误)
又如:
They kept him working all day.(正)
They kept him busy all day.(正)
我们不说:
They kept him being busy all day.(误)
同理:
The man kept his eyes moving for quite some time.(正)
The man kept his eyes fixed on his baby for quite some time.(正)
我们不说:
The man kept his eyes being fixed on his baby for quite some time.(误)
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这种问题,涉及词汇的语义层次,也涉及惯用的层次
但研究完,发现结果就是一个表达式:keep sth done
一般人记住这个“表达式”,简明而实用,也就那么回事而已。
Petra ran.
什么意思?
他到达了某个目标地,到了终极目的地么?
他用了场合性时间,但他用完了话题(即跑到终点)时间么?
The door is closed.
门关上了。具有终结性。用术语是telicity得以实现
The door is being closed.
什么意思?
比较上面ran的例子。
... kept his eyes fixed/being fixed on...
比较上面closed/being closed的例子
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一个类似的问题是,
可以说,Her eyes fixed on the opposite wall. (fixed是过去式, 不及物)
那么照理,随之而来的分词形式是,
Her eyes fixing on the opposite wall. (fixing不及物动词的v-ing)
即理论上v-ing 也没毛病
但实际上fixing的这个例子其实没什么人用,即不符合惯用法。
ALD第4、8版收入的fix (on/upon), 作为不及物动词, 都没有“固定眼神”之类的东西
故
kept his eyes fixed on...(√)
kept his eyes fixing on... (不符合惯用)
kept his eys being fixed... (语义不明)