accurate in doing与accurate to do的用法问题

问题描述

We hope to become more accurate in predicting earthquakes. 

我们希望能更准确地预报地震。
请问：句中的in predicting earthquakes 可以换成 to predict earthquakes 吗？

老师答疑

黎老师：

席玉虎主编的《英语常用词用法详解大词典》指出：表示“在 ... 方面准确”要用介词 in,介词的宾语可以是名词、动名词或名词性从句。所以，We hope to become more accurate in predicting earthquakes. 中的 in predicting earthquakes 不可以换成 to predict earthquakes。