want sth doing 是什么结构

Power's been cut off to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses because California's largest utility company doesn't want its equipment sparking new fires in the windy conditions. 

- 该句中,请分析want its equipment sparking - want sth doing 是什么结构,什么意思呢?


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最佳答案 2020-02-14 16:57

通常我们说 want sb to do sth. 但是在否定句中,当某人做某事令人恼火或带来麻烦,则可以说I don't want sb/sth doing sth。

《朗文》对这种用法的解释如下:

You say I don’t want someone doing something, when this is annoying or causes problems:

I don’t want other people telling me how to spend my money.

You can also say:

I don’t want other people to tell me how to spend my money.

网友的句子正是这种用法。doing换成不定式也是正确的。

我认为don't want sb doing sth 为动名词复合结构作宾语,而不是现在分词作宾补。(提示:doing的动作时间与谓语时间的相对关系。)

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   可以用 I don't want someone doing something 表示某人的做法让人讨厌或会带来问题:I don't want other people telling me how to spend my money.我用不着别人来告诉我怎么花钱。......也可说: I don’t want other people to tell me how to spend my money.我用不着别人来告诉我怎么花钱。 (摘自《朗文当代高级英语辞典》第6版)


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