see sb doing sth与see sb having done sth的用法问题

问题描述

see sb doing sth 的意思是“看见某人在做某事”。

但如果表示“看见某人已经做了某事”呢？可以用 see sb having done sth 吗？

老师答疑

沅老师：

▲英语可以说 see sb doing sth，表示看见某人正在做某事。如：

I saw a girl riding a horse. 我看见一个骑马的女孩。

I saw him at the bar ordering a beer. 我看见他在酒吧点啤酒。

I saw a man making his way towards me. 我看到一名男子向我走来。

We saw three birds circling very high up. 我们看到3只鸟在高空盘旋。

▲但英语一般不说 see sb having doen sth。若要表示“看见某人已经做了某事”，可用 see sb do sth——这里用动词原形，表示动作的全过程，而既然看到了“动作的全过程”，则说明动作已经发生了。如：

I saw her push the boulder down on you. 我看见她将巨石推下砸向你。

I saw them walk away and felt absolutely desolated. 我看到他们走开了，感到万分悲凉。

I saw him take off his anorak and sling it into the back seat. 我看见他把带帽防寒服脱下来扔在了后面的座位上。

I saw the car drive past, but didn’t recognize the woman behind the wheel. 我看见汽车开过去了，却没有认出开车的女子。

Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face. 几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。

黎老师：

如果表示“看见某人已经做了某事”，可以用 see sb do sth. 没有见过 see sb having done sth 的用法。例如：I saw her cross the road . ( = I saw her cross it from one side to the other .)我看见她过了马路。（《牛津英语用法指南》第三版242.1）