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go + -ing
此处 yachting 为动名词/名词，表示乘游艇游玩这项活动；go + -ing 常用于休闲运动。
They go yachting every summer.
他们每年夏天都去乘游艇游玩。
驾帆船；乘游艇游玩
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
驾帆船；乘游艇游玩
the sport or activity of traveling in a yacht for pleasure
They go yachting every summer.
他们每年夏天都去乘游艇游玩。
涉及游艇的体育活动,如帆船比赛、远航或沿海一日游
A physical activity involving yachts, such as racing sailing boats, cruising to distant shores, or day-sailing along a coast.
Yachting along the coast is my favorite way to relax.
沿着海岸驾帆船是我最喜欢的放松方式。
She plans to take up yachting after she retires.
她计划退休后开始学习驾帆船。
We often go yachting with friends on sunny weekends.
我们经常在晴朗的周末和朋友一起乘游艇出海。
此处 yachting 为动名词/名词，表示乘游艇游玩这项活动；go + -ing 常用于休闲运动。
They go yachting every summer.
他们每年夏天都去乘游艇游玩。
此处 yachting 是动词 yacht 的现在分词，用于进行时，表示正在乘游艇航行。
We were yachting in the Mediterranean when the storm came.
暴风雨来临时，我们正在地中海乘游艇航行。
Not this
We went to yachting last summer.
Use this
We went yachting last summer.
表示去进行某项水上休闲活动时，英语用“go + 动词-ing”搭配（如 go swimming、go sailing），“去乘游艇/帆船游玩”应说 go yachting，不要在 yachting 前加 to。
Not this
She yachting with her family now.
Use this
She is yachting with her family now.
现在进行时要用“be + 动词-ing”；yachting 是现在分词，不能单独作谓语。中文可以说“她正在……”，但英文不能省略 is/am/are。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
乘游艇游玩
We went yachting along the coast last summer.
去年夏天我们沿着海岸乘游艇游玩。
游艇度假
They spent a week on a yachting holiday in the Mediterranean.
他们在地中海度过了一周的游艇度假。
游艇俱乐部
He joined a local yachting club to learn sailing.
他加入了当地一家游艇俱乐部学习帆船运动。
游艇爱好者
The marina was full of yachting enthusiasts preparing for the regatta.
码头上挤满了为帆船赛做准备的游艇爱好者。
游艇季节
The yachting season runs from May to September.
游艇季节从五月持续到九月。
Use yachting naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
yacht（游艇）加-ing，记住“乘游艇（yacht）去航行”，画面：白色游艇破浪前行。
语域：neutral 常见场景：sailing clubs、travel magazines、leisure cruises yachting 多指驾帆船或乘游艇的休闲、运动活动，常见于旅行、体育和生活方式话题；正式程度适中，口语和书面语里都比较自然。
plotting、jotting、spotting、trotting、clotting 与 yachting 押韵，重读元音和后面的 /tɪŋ/ 相同（yachting 中的 ch 不发音）。catching 拼写相似，但 ch 读 /tʃ/，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.