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suggest that/suggest doing

核心问题

《大学英语》(精读)第一册(上海外语教育出版社)自测题(p.79):

Bob's doctor suggests ____ for a few days.

A. that he is resting B. his resting C. him to rest D. that he rest

书中给的答案是 D, 这当然是正确的。但选择项 B (his resting) 是错误的吗?

词典解答

选择项 D 是正确的,这里勿需举例证明,请参见 suggest。然而,选择项 B 也是同样正确的。下面是从权威英语著作中摘取的例句:

  1. I suggest finishing now. (LDAE) 我建议现在干完。

  2. She suggested going to the zoo. (LDOCE) 她建议去动物园。

  3. Tom suggested my selling the house. (Thomson) 汤姆建议我把房子卖掉。

  4. He suggested no saying anything about it till we heard more facts. (Thomson) 他建议我们在了解更多的事实以前什么也别说。

  5. My uncle suggested(my) getting a job in a bank. (PEU) 我叔叔建议我在银行找个工作。

  6. He suggested reading the instructions first. (PEG) 他建议先读说明书。

这些例子足以证明 suggest(one's) doing 是个正确的英语用法。在多项选择题中把这样的正确格式放在被否定的地位,不仅不符合英语的实际使用情况,而且还缩小了考生的视野,限制了他们实际运用英语的能力。

练习题

请做下面的英语试题:

Peter, who had been driving all day, suggested ____ at the next town.

A. to stop B. stopping C. stop D. having stopped(全国四级,00.6-34)

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