2. 動詞賓語

I don't remember there being aliens in the Battleship game when I was playing. 我不記得，我玩戰(zhàn)艦游戲時有外星人這回事。

I can't imagine there being a better place to coach basketball than Lawrence. 我無法想象有一個比勞倫斯教練籃球的更好的地方。

You prefer there being only five houses in a 300-lot development. 你更喜歡在300套房子的開發(fā)中，只存在五個房子。

It's hard to imagine there being a more soulful woman in Ireland than Laura. 很難想象世界有比勞拉更深情的愛爾蘭女人。

It means there being no settlement blocks in this problem. 這意味著在這個問題上沒有什么解決的障礙。

I don’t mind there being any objection to our plan. 我不介意對我們的計劃有反對意見。

She denied there being any misunderstanding between them. 她否認他們之間有任何誤會。

I wouldn't mind there being something eye-catching at the butcher counter. 我不介意在屠夫柜臺上有什么搶眼的東西。

I don't recall there being very much to do about any of those situations. 我不記得，對于那些情況有很多事要做。

The realist acknowledges there being a domain beyond the conceptual sphere. 現(xiàn)實主義者認為，有一個超越概念領域的域。

And yet I don't recall there being any lengthy discussion in baseball circles. 但我不記得，在棒球界中有什么冗長的討論。

We must avoid there being any harm done to our environment. 我們必須避免對環(huán)境造成的任何傷害。

【注意】“There be結構”的動名詞形式作及物動詞賓語，這類動詞主要是一部分能跟動名詞的及物動詞，如：remember, recall, deny, mind, imagine, prefer, mean, admit, avoid等。

3. 介詞賓語

“There be結構”的動名詞形式作介詞賓語的情況特別多。一般說來，只要是能跟動名詞作賓語的介詞，幾乎都可以跟there being。例如：

What’s the chance of there being an election this year? 今年舉行選舉的可能性有多大？

I talked about the possibility of there being another acute phase in this economic crisis. 我談到了這場經(jīng)濟危機中另有一個嚴重階段的可能性。

I never dreamed of there being a picture on the wall. 我根本沒想到墻上有張畫。

Well, I've never heard of there being any disparity between the two. 嗯，我從來沒有聽說過兩者之間有什么差距。

The Chinese are proud of there being the Great Wall in the north of China. 中國人因為在中國北部有長城而自豪。

He was disappointed at there being no money left. 他對不剩一點錢感到失望。

No one told him about there being a meeting that afternoon. 沒有人告訴他那天下午有個會議。

John was relying on there being another opportunity. 約翰指望還另有一次機會。

They were completely unaware of there being anything extraordinary. 他們完全沒有覺察到這件事有什么出奇的地方。

I was wrong about there being some misunderstanding between us.認為我們之間有誤解是我的錯誤。

Virtually all of the evidence argues against there being a causal factor. 實際上，幾乎所有的證據(jù)都反對存在因果因素的說法。

They've gone through debates here without there being any significant effect on their work. 他們在這里進行了多次辯論，但對他們的工作沒有任何顯著的影響。

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