"Stop"を使って
Stop + 動名詞 は、進行中の行動が終了したことを意味します。これら二つの動詞には因果関係はありません。
例
- I stopped working for them last year.
- I have stopped cycling to work.
- Could you stop bringing your dog to the office?
- He stopped eating meat in January.
Stop +不定詞 は、他の何かをするために行動を中断したという意味で、不定詞が中断の目的を述べるのに使われます。
例
- I stopped to have lunch at 12:00.
- It's difficult to concentrate on what you are doing if you have to stop to answer the phone every five minutes.
- We stopped to look at the wildflowers.
- I stopped to take a break, but I'll start again soon.
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