Putting
“Putting” 是动词 “put” 的现在分词/动名词,用于进行时(is putting)或作名词性成分。核心义仍是“放置、使处于某状态、写下、投入(时间/精力)”。
- “He is putting the books back on the shelf.” (他正在把书放回书架。)
- “Putting customers first helped the brand grow.” (把顾客放在首位帮助品牌成长。)
- “She spent the morning putting her thoughts into writing.” (她花了一上午把想法写下来。)
“Put” 源自古英语 “putian”(推、掷),“putting” 为其现在分词形式;注意 put 的过去式仍为 put。
“-ing” 为现在分词/动名词后缀,加在动词 “put” 之后。
高尔夫里有 “putting”(推杆)这一专门义项;日常口语中 “putting effort into”(在……上投入精力)非常实用。
- 固定搭配: “putting on” (穿上;上演), “putting off” (推迟), “putting up with” (忍受)
- 原形: put;过去式/过去分词: put
put 是不规则动词,但分词很规则:put + ting = putting。
“While putting away the dishes, he kept putting ideas in his notebook. Putting things in order, he felt calmer.” (收拾碗碟时,他不断把想法记在本子上。把一切归置整齐后,他平静了许多。)