ed with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board when a chest was raised from the bottom.
他们用结实的网把海床搜索了一遍。当一只箱子从海底被打捞上来时，甲板上人们激动不已。
(三)动词+名词
此种搭配的掌握可以帮助学习者轻松完成句子中谓语和宾语的写作，只需加上适当的主语，便可以写出完整的一句话。也可将其中的动词变为非谓语形式，在句子中充当成分。如：
insuring public or private property is a standard practice in most countries in the world. (l43)
承办公共财产或私人财产保险是世界上大部分国家的正常业务。
此句中，insure property这组搭配使用了动名词形式在句中充当主语。
又如：
despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'. (l17)
尽管此桥很大，但它的结构简单，造型优美，实现了设计者企图创造一个“尽量用细线条勾画出一个庞然大物”的梦想。
fulfilling …dream使用了fulfill的现在分词形式，充当状语。
又如：
newspapers exert such tremendous influence that they can not only bring about major changes to the lives of ordinary people but can even overthrow a gov