h. 作程度狀語。作程度狀語時，常用來修飾形容詞或副詞。如：

He was caught in the heavy rain and got his clothes soaking wet. 他淋了一場大雨，把衣服全部弄濕了。

He wore his thin coat in freezing cold days and fell ill soon. 他在冰冷的天還穿著單薄的大衣，不久就病倒了。

i. 作結果狀語

He cut down the trees in front of his house, having its roof blown off by strong wind. 他把房前的樹給砍了，結果大風把房頂刮走了。

He died, leaving his wife and children nothing but great debt. 他死了，留給妻子和孩子的只有巨大的債負。

4. -ing分詞的一些慣用法

在英語實際交際中，還有一些特殊用法或句型。如：

(1) There be no doing = It is impossible to do …。如：

There is no telling whether he will keep his words. 他會不會遵守諾言很難說。

(2) How / What about doing… = How do you like …/ What do you think of… 如：

How about hiking this Sunday? 本周星期天去遠足怎么樣？

(3) on doing…= as soon as + clause , 如：

On hearing the bad news, the little girl burst out crying. 一聽到這一噩耗，小女孩就大哭了起來。

(4) There be no end to doing… 無止境。如：

If everyone wants others to dance to his music, there will be no end to fighting in the world. 要是大家都要其它的人來按照他的意志做事，那么世界上就永遠沒有安寧的日子。

(5) without so much as doing = even…. not. 甚至，連…都沒有。如：

He started his company without so much as having his own office. 他創(chuàng)辦公司時連自己的辦公室都沒有(from www.hz123456.com)。

(6)  lose no time in doing = begin to do …at once. 立刻做…。如：

There are very few days left for NMT, so we can lose no time in revising our lessons. 離高考沒幾天了，我們得抓緊復習我們的功課了。

(7)  be up on the point of doing … = be going to do …即將做…。如：

We believe our China is on the point of creating a new era. 我們相信我們中國即將開創(chuàng)一個新時代。

(8)  in (the) hope of doing …懷著…希望。如：

After graduating from university, he went to Shenzhen in the hope of finding a good job. 大學畢業(yè)以后，他去深圳希望找到一個好的工作。

(9) for the purpose of doing …= for the sake of …為了…。如：

He went on studying abroad for the purpose of serving the people better. 他繼續(xù)去國外深造以便能更好地為人民服務。

(10) come near doing… = almost do…幾乎，差一點兒。如：

He came near dying in the traffic accident. 他在那場車禍中差一點喪了命。

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