辞书质疑(16):《现代英语惯用法词典》上的 require doing 例句分析得对吗

前面有网友提问《require doingrequire to do的用法区别》,与此相关的问题,《现代英语惯用法词典》(李在铭著,现代出版社)在p437页认为下面一句中的 verb-ing 表示被动的意义:

To carry out this plan would require increasing our staff by 50%.

但我觉得上面一句中的 increasing 并不表被动意义,一是从意义上看它并不表被动意义,二是 increasing 后面接有宾语(况且它又不是双宾动词),怎么会表被动意义呢?我觉得这里的 increasing 是表主动意义,句意:执行该计划需要增加百分之五十的人员。

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另外,书中下面一句中的 reading 也不是动名词作 require 的宾语,其实这里的 required 是形容词,reading 是名词(“读物”):

Hamlet is required reading for the course. required reading=必读书目)

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最佳答案 2023-12-21 22:03

完全赞同蒋老师的分析。

1. require 后接动名词表示被动含义时,这个动名词一般是补充说明主语的。如:

All internal surfaces required cleaning.

这里cleaning 的对象是主语all internal surfaces

To carry out this plan would require increasing our staff by 50%.

该词典将increasing解释为被动含义,不符合逻辑。

2. Hamlet is required reading for the course. =Hamlet is a required reading for the course.

此处冠词可有可无。其中的 required 显然是形容词。如果按照词典释义,这里的reading应该不可数,但当给一群人读的时候,又可以看作可数。

外媒例句:

使用冠词的例句:

1. His doctoral thesis, 'Reasons of State', was a required reading in courses on Indian foreign-policy making.

2. Vogler admits that his book is a required reading for Disney development executives.

不用冠词的例句:

1. Said's short and poignant introduction is required reading in graduate courses across several disciplines.

2. This terrific book is required reading for anyone interested in stone walls.

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