核心问题
like to do 与 like doing 所表达的意思是相同的。那么, would like to do 与 would like doing 的意思是否也相同呢?
词典解答
首先应当明确, like 与 would like 的用法是不同的。like 可以接动词不定式, 也可以接动名词, 而 would like 通常接动词不定式, 而不接动名词:
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The Committee would like to see you again. (Cronin) 委员会愿意再次接见你。
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Would you like to eat out? (LEG) 你愿意到外面吃饭吗?
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"My wife isn't home tonight." "In that case ____ you like to have dinner with us?" A. will B. won't C. do D. wouldn't (TOEFL)
[附注]根据薄冰老师的研究, would like 也可以接动名词。
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Would you like going (to go) to the bookshop now or later? [《英语语法手册》(第四版) § 13.20]
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I wouldn't like lying (to lie) in a tiny spaceship for four or five days. [《英语词汇疑难用法解答》(四), p. 146]