So make sure that you follow them with a gerund.

一定要在后面跟着一个动名词。

Also the noun in the gerund, okay?

后面也是动名词。

The -ing form of a verb is called a gerund.

动词-ing式叫做动名词。

Gerunds are verb forms that act as nouns.

动名词是充当名词动词式。

It's always followed by a noun or a gerund.

它后面总是跟一个名词或动名词。

First things first, what are gerunds and infinitives?

首先，什么是动名词和不定式？

He is using gerunds quite effectively.

他很有效地使用了动名词。

A gerund is a noun form of a verb.

动名词是动词名词式。

We can use gerunds to talk about activities instead of objects.

我们用动名词来表示做某事而不是特指某物。

In this example, both seeing and believing are gerunds.

在这个例子中，看到和相信都是动名词。

Another verb-like structure we examined are gerunds.

我们研究另一个类似动词结构是动名词。

A gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding -ing.

动名词是由动词加 ing 构成名词。

The second main reason that English speakers use the by-passive is because the agent noun phrase is long.

施动名词短语过长。

Studying, the noun, is part and parcel of going to university.

习（动名词）是上大重要组成部分。

We change it into a gerund, which is going, adding the I N G.

我们把它变成动名词，加上 I N G。

The the verb have is acting as a gerund, it's acting as a noun there.

动词“have”这里是动名词，它相当于名词。

As a reminder, a gerund is a noun ending in -ing.

提醒一下，动名词是以 -ing 结尾名词。

The present participle can act as a gerund, adjective or part of a verb.

现在分词可以作为动名词、容词或动词一部分。

The -ing form of a verb is called a gerund. It acts like a noun.

动词-ing 式被称为动名词。它充当名词作用。

An infinitive verb or a gerund must come after these phrases.

不定式动词或者动名词必须放在这些短语之后。