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英语中有些动词后面加to do 或doing 时含义不同，举例如下： 1. After failing to catch the first train, he regretted not taking her advice. =After failing to catch the first train, he regretted not having taken her advice. =After failing to catch the first train , he regretted not have taken her advice.没赶上头班车，他很懊悔没听从她的建议。 I regret to tell you that you have not passed the exam. 我遗憾地告诉你，你考试没及格。=Iam sorry to tell you that you have not passed the exam. 解析：regret doing=be sorry for what happened对已发生的事感到后悔，遗憾 regret to do=be sorry for what one is going to say对眼下要发生的事感到遗憾或不安 [多用：regret to say…; regret to inform…; regret to tell…对即将…表示遗憾； 但是regret to hear则表示“听到了……感到惋惜”表示已发生了的动作。] 2.Please remember to post the letter for me.请记住为我寄这封信。 I remember posting the letter for you.我记得曾替你寄过那封信。 I remember hearing that I heard it before.=I remember having heard that I heard it before.=I remember to have heard that I heard it before.我记得以前曾听过这事儿。 If I had remembered to close the window, the thief would not have got in. 如果我记得去关窗户，小偷就不会进来 When asked by the police, he said that he remembered arriving at the party, but not leaving.当警察询问时，他说他记得到达参加聚会的时间记不得走的时间。 解析： remember to do sth.=remember what one has to do记着要去做某事 remember doing sth.=remember what one has done or what has happened 记得曾经做过某事 有时动名词前可加自己的逻辑主语 I remember reading the book. I remember Wei Fang’s reading the book. I remember each one of them reading the book. 3.He forgot turning the light off. 他忘记他已经关了灯了。 ( 已做过关灯的动作) The light in the office is stil on. He forgot to turn it off. 办公室的灯还在亮着，它忘记关了。(没有做关灯的动作) He left his umbrella in my house and I also forgot to bring it here.他把雨伞落在我家，我也忘了把伞带来。 解析：forget to do sth.忘记要做的事（没做） forget doing sth.忘记过去曾做过的事=forget to have done （forget doing一般用将来时否定式或现在完成时的肯定式。通常不说：forgot doing sth. 。可改做：I forgot that I had done it. 或I forgot about doing it. I forgot meeting/having met her in 1980[有人认为:forget doing和having done无大区别。一般式强调单存事实；完成时强调动作完成。] 4. Do you think it wise for Chinese