~HELP~ want to do v.s. want doing about

asher626

I used to think "want to do" is a common collocation.
But today I saw another usage of "want", see it in the sentence followed.

"I don't want my kids learning Chinese because that's a communist country."

Anyone could show me some details about a) the difference between "want to do" and "want doing"; b) how to judge which should be accepted in certain occasions.
Thank you all~

tingroom

回复 1# asher626


    want to do想做某事，want意思是“想要”，主语常是人
    want doing 需要做某事，want意思是“需要、要求”，主语常是物
    want to do很常见，无需举例。下面那种用法，给你一个例句：
    The plants want watering daily.这些花草得天天浇水。

asher626

回复 2# tingroom


    谢谢tingroom的回答，这个用法我在baidu里也查过，但是不大符合我提出疑问的句子。

你给的解释是，want doing的主语是物，plants want watering，而我句子中是“I don't want my kids learning...” 这是CNNSN里面的原句，我反复听了好多遍，应该不会错。这个又如何解释？

tingroom

回复 3# asher626


    want doing 是正想要做的事情，正在做的。

asher626

回复 4# tingroom


    这么看的话，那这句话的意思是

Perhaps his kids have learned Chinese for a while, and are learning these days, he just don't want them to learn. It's more like a sort of regret that he could have not let them learn? or he might do something to stop his kids?

tingroom

回复 5# asher626


    她不想让他们继续学习了。

asher626

thank you!

OLady

want to do想做某事，want意思是“想要”，主语常是人

want doing 需要做某事，want意思是“需要、要求”，主语常是物，是第三方，he, she, it. My kids。

want to do很常见，无需举例。下面那种用法，给你一个例句：

The plants want watering daily.这些花草得天天浇水。

上面这段want to do 和want doing  的区别是copy 百度的内容，记住一个主语是人，一个主语是物就容易使用了。

表达我想做什么事就用want to do

表示觉得某物需要被怎么样，就用want doing

asher626

感谢LS的先
急于回帖的心情可以理解
但是百度人人都会用
很抱歉地怀疑一下 你是否看清楚了我的疑问和例句

cherryqin

回复 3# asher626

"I don't want my kids learning Chinese because that's a communist country."
“我不想让我的孩子们学习中文,因为这是一个共产主义国家。”
从含义上来说：
此处：want sb. doing sth. 为不希望做某事的意思，表达了说话人的一种愿望。
而want (sb.) to do sth. 想要某人做某事，更偏向于表达说话人的一种邀请或命令。
从形式语法上来说：
如果某事已经处于正在进行中了，就用第一种语法。如果述说的事情还未实行，就用第二中说法。
另外，至于所谓的主语为人，还是物的区别，只有want doing sth. 的主语可以是人 也可以是物。而第二中语法的主语只能为人。
希望能帮到你，这只是我个人的见解。