be sb's doing
用所有格表示某人应对某事负责,多指不好的结果。
The whole mess was the committee's doing.
这堆烂摊子完全是委员会造成的。
行为;所作所为
行为或行动,尤指某人需对其负责之事;活动
a deed or action, especially one for which someone is responsible
行为或行动,尤指某人需对其负责之事
A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
The mess in the kitchen was my doing, so I cleaned it up without being asked.
厨房里的乱摊子是我造成的,所以没人要求我就收拾干净了。
用法提示:doing 作名词,在 was my doing 中表示由我造成的举动或后果。
The team's win was largely the coach's doing, since she had planned every step.
球队的胜利主要是教练的功劳,因为她把每一步都计划好了。
用法提示:doing 作名词,在 was the coach's doing 中表示导致成功的举动或功劳。
Such doings cannot be ignored; someone must take responsibility.
这样的行为不能忽视;必须有人承担责任。
用法提示:doings 是 doing 的复数名词,在此指应被追责的所作所为。
用所有格表示某人应对某事负责,多指不好的结果。
The whole mess was the committee's doing.
这堆烂摊子完全是委员会造成的。
用 it 作形式主语,强调某事是某人造成的。
It was his doing that the meeting was cancelled.
会议被取消是他的所作所为造成的。
doings 用复数,指某人的活动或行为,常含好奇或打探的意味。
The reporters kept a close watch on the doings of the mayor.
记者们密切关注市长的所作所为。
action 泛指所做之事,不特别强调责任;doing 常指某人的作为并要由其负责。
act 侧重一次具体举动,常用于正式或法律语境;doing 更口语,强调事情出自某人。
deed 较正式、偏书面,常指有意义或值得注意的行为;doing 在日常口语中更自然。
handiwork 强调行为结果由某人亲手造成,常带修辞色彩(钦佩或讽刺);doing 为中性归责用词。
grammar · medium
易错句子This mess is all your doings.
正确表达This mess is all your doing.
固定表达“be someone's doing”中 doing 用单数,表示某事是某人的所作所为、应由其负责;doings 是复数名词,指活动或(常含贬义的)所作所为,不能用于这个责任归属结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子The delay was all his doing it.
正确表达The delay was all his doing.
在“be someone's doing”结构中 doing 是名词,意为“某人的所作所为/责任”,后面不能接宾语;加上 it 后 doing 变成动名词短语,句子结构和意义都不对。
需要费一番功夫;很费劲
Getting everything ready on time took some doing.
按时把所有东西准备好费了一番功夫。
某人的所作所为
He refused to answer for his doings.
他拒绝对自己的所作所为负责。
日常活动;日常事务
The blog records her daily doings.
这个博客记录她的日常活动。
恶行;坏事
The story is about the evil doings of a corrupt official.
这个故事讲的是一个腐败官员的恶行。
…的活动;…的行为
People are always curious about the doings of the rich and famous.
人们总是对富人和名人的动向感到好奇。
do(词根:做,行动)+ -ing(名词后缀:行为/过程)
‘doing’指某人需负责的行为,责任是与之直接相关的概念。
行为(doing)都会带来后果,谈论责任时往往涉及后果。
当行为(doing)被认为是错误时,常会引发责备或归咎。
行为通常源于选择,因此‘doing’常与选择权相关联。
指错误的doing,常与责任、处罚等话题相关。
需要费一番力气;很不容易
Getting this proposal approved will take some doing.
要让这个提案通过可要费一番力气。
表示拒绝或不可能;没门儿
I asked him for a loan, but nothing doing.
我向他借钱,但他没门儿。
是某人所为;是某人的责任
The mistake was entirely my doing.
这个错误完全是我造成的。
我们通过实践学习。
This proverb, often attributed to Aristotle, encourages hands-on experience as the best way to gain knowledge.
这句常被归于亚里士多德的谚语鼓励人们把亲身实践视为获得知识的最佳途径。
效率是把事情做正确,效能是做正确的事情。
Peter Drucker's management maxim contrasts doing things correctly with choosing the right things to do.
彼得·德鲁克的这则管理格言对比了把事情做正确和选择正确的事情去做。
Choose the next layer that will help you use doing with more confidence.
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