有这样一道填空题:
People need food and water for _________ (survive).
所给答案是 survival。请问填 surviving 可以吗?请问在此情况下,surviving与survival的用法区别是什么?
People need food and water for _________ (survive).
所给答案是 survival 是正确的。不能填 surviving ,因为 “for + 动名词”通常不是原因,也不表示目的,但“for + 名词”可以表示原因或目的等。上面一句中的 for survival 表示目的。又如:
Alot of small companies are having to fight for survival (= work hard in order to continue to exist). 很多小公司不得不在为生存而拼搏。(《朗文高级英语应试词典》p.2404)
Thank you for your book. Thank you for sending me a book.(这两句中的 for your book 和 for sending me a book 都是原因状语)