1.【语】(由动词加 -ing 形成的)英语动名词
2.【语】拉丁动名词
1.a noun formed by adding “-ing” to a verb, that describes an action, such as “running” or “believing”
1.They ask more questions when I bring up the topic of life as an American teenager than when I try to explain gerunds.
当我把话题转到美国少男少女的生活时，他们提出的问题就比我在解释动名词时更多。
2.The stemming process reduces the morphological variants of a word (plurals, tenses, gerunds, prefixes and so forth) to a common form.
这个stemming的过程把词的形态上的变化（复数，时态，动名次，前缀什么的）减少到一个共同的形势。
3.Infinitives, along with gerunds, contribute to an active writing style and show action but are not actually in the active voice.
不定式和动名词起着表达主动写作风格的作用，可以不用使用主动语态就表达出行动的概念。
4.In most cases, there is little or no difference in meaning between the sentences with gerunds and the sentences with infinitives.
大多数情况下，动名词和不定式之间在意思单上是没有或是一点点区别的。
5.In this lesson, we will learn which verbs are usually followed by gerunds and which by infinitives.
在这节课上，我们将要学习一些通常跟在动名词后面和跟在不定式后面的动词。
6.Voice is a property of clauses, and infinitives and gerunds form phrases.
语态是从句的属性，不定式和动名词构成短语。
7.Gerunds are treated as nouns if they are in the dictionary.
其字典中的动名词将视为名词。
8.In this lesson, we will listen to 10 short dialogues and we will practise using phrasal verbs and gerunds.
在这一科中，你将听到10个短的对话以及练习使用短语动词和动名词。
9.Using Gerunds as the Objects of Prepositions
动名词用作介词的宾语
10.Common Verbs Followed by either Infinitives or Gerunds
既可带不定式又可带动名词的常用动词