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英文大考常考題 - 46 [ 動詞 anticipate ]

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Have you ever talked to a person and even though you both spoke the same language, had no idea what he or she meant?  Or have you ever gone to a store where you didn’t anticipate _____ anything but left the shop with a bag full of items that you didn’t really need after talking to a salesperson for a moment or two?

(A) buy        (B) to buy       (C) buying      (D) bought

這題答案是 (C)。  (題目來源: 常春藤解析英語 2013-11 p.64)

這題的重點在[ anticipate ]：

1.     [ anticipate ]是期望、預料的意思。它的後面若要接[動作]的話，要用[ verb-ing ]。這用法與[ enjoy + verb-ing ]、[ consider + verb-ing ]或[ practice + verb-ing ]一樣。

       例句：

       Maurice and I enjoy playing basketball after school.

       Two months ago, we considered moving to Taipei.

       A lot of mothers like to have their children practice playing a musical instrument like piano or violin.