~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~

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？

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?

asher626

thank you!

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