| begin | Rachel began singing. (瑞秋開始唱歌) | Rachel began to sing. (瑞秋開始唱歌) 註：當 begin 為非進行式時態時，其後可以接動名詞或不定詞；若為進行式時態，則其後只能接不定詞，如 Rachel is beginning to sing.。 |
| can't bear | Sandy can't bear being single. (桑迪無法忍受單身) | Sandy can't bear to be single. (桑迪無法忍受單身) |
| can't stand | Teresa can't stand working the late shift. (泰瑞莎無法忍受上夜班) | Teresa can't stand to work the late shift. (泰瑞莎無法忍受上夜班) |
| cease | Cindy had ceased caring what happened to him. (辛蒂已不再關心他發生什麼事了) | Cindy had ceased to care what happened to him. (辛蒂已不再關心他發生什麼事了) |
| continue | John continued crying. (約翰繼續哭) | John continued to cry. (約翰繼續哭) |
| hate | My wife hates doing the dishes. (我太太討厭洗碗) | My wife hates to do the dishes. (我太太討厭洗碗) |
| like | I like reading. (我喜歡閱讀) | I like to read. (我喜歡閱讀) |
| love | Frank loves skateboarding. (法蘭克喜歡溜滑板) | Frank loves to skateboard. (法蘭克喜歡溜滑板) |
| neglect | He had neglected informing us that he would move to Taipei. (他疏忽沒有通知我們他將搬去台北) | He had neglected to inform us that he would move to Taipei. (他疏忽沒有通知我們他將搬去台北) |
| prefer | They prefer having dinner at 7 PM. (他們較喜歡七點吃晚飯) | They prefer to have dinner at 7 PM. (他們較喜歡七點吃晚飯) |
| propose | How do you propose explaining your delay? (你打算如何解釋你的延誤？) | How do you propose to explain your delay? (你打算如何解釋你的延誤？) |
| start | Neil started learning English when he was five. (尼爾五歲開始學英文) | Neil started to learn English when he was five. (尼爾五歲開始學英文) 註：當 start 為非進行式時態時，其後可以接動名詞或不定詞；若為進行式時態，則其後只能接不定詞，如 Rachel is starting to sing.。 |
注意：
雖然這些特定動詞接動名詞和不定詞的意思差異甚小，而且動名詞和不定詞往往可以互換使用，但含意仍有不同。使用動名詞係表示你是指實際的活動或經驗，而使用不定詞係表示你談的是潛在或可能的活動或經驗。由於這項含意上的小差異，動名詞和不定詞並非每次都可以互換，如下面的例句所示。
例句：
- The Korean journalist likes living in London. (這位韓國新聞記者喜歡住在倫敦) － 他現在就住在倫敦；他喜歡在當地所經歷的事情。
- The Korean journalist likes to live in London whenever he works in the United Kingdom. (這位韓國新聞記者每當在英國工作時都喜歡住在倫敦) － 當他在英國工作時，他喜歡選擇住在倫敦或喜歡住在倫敦的可能性。
- I like speaking Spanish because it’s such a beautiful language. (我喜歡說西班牙語，因為它是一種優美的語言) － 我喜歡說西班牙語的經驗以及說西班牙語時的那種感覺。
- I like to speak Spanish when I’m in Spain. (當我在西班牙時，我喜歡說西班牙語) － 當我在西班牙時，我比較喜歡選擇說西班牙語。
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