感官动词 see, watch, observe, notice, look at, hear, listen to, smell, taste, feel + do表示动作的完整性,+doing 表示动作的进行性。例如:
I saw him work in the garden yesterday. 昨天我看见他在花园里干活了。(强调"我看见了"这个事实)
I saw him working in the garden yesterday.(强调"我见他正干活"这个动作)昨天我见他正在花园里干活。
find 也是如此
这些词加doing 或 do 主要是看要强调的是某个动作发生的事实还是 强调发生的过程
blurt out 脱口说出;说漏嘴;不假思索说出
Peter blurted out the news.
彼得不慎说出了秘密。
He blurted out the bad news before I can stop him.
我还没来得及阻止他,他已冲口说出了这个坏消息。
Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought.
一想到什么就马上脱口而出的人们,倘使经过思量之后再讲的话,就可能没那么差劲了。
pull back 向后拉,拉回;撤退
I pulled back the bench to help the old man sit on it.
我把长凳往后拉,帮助老人坐下。
The army pulled back after the battle.
部队在结束战斗以後撤走了。