suggest 是个及物动词，后面可以跟名词、代词、动名词或从句作它的宾语。各种试题对 suggest 的考查通常涉及到它的非谓语动词形式、宾语从句及宾语从句的虚拟语气等方面。
考点一、 suggest 作“间接表明；建议；使想起”解时，后面可以跟名词、代词或动名词做宾语
① suggest sth.表明，建议
That girl's sun-tanned face suggests excellent health.
那个姑娘被太阳晒黑了的脸表明她身体非常健康。
Mr. Smith suggested a way out of the difficulty to her.
史密斯先生向她提出了一个克服困难的办法。
② suggest doing sth
Tom suggested selling the house but Ann was against it.汤姆建议把房子卖了，但安不同意。
错点一 误用不定式作宾语
要表示汉语的“建议做某事”，英语通常用 suggest doing sth，而不能用 suggest to do sth。如：
他建议坐飞机去，可我认为这样花费太大。
正：He suggested going by plane, but I thought it would cost too much.
误：He suggested to go by plane, but I thought it would cost too much.
③ suggest sb’s doing sth
I have written him a letter and suggested his sending it to the Ministry of Culture.
我给他写了一封信，并建议他把它寄给文化部。
④ suggest sth to sb（错误：suggest sb to do或suggest sb sth）
考点二、 suggest后面的宾语从句要不要用虚拟语气，由它的意思决定： 作“建议”解，宾语从句中的谓语动词用虚拟语气，即谓语动词用“（ should ）动词原形”。
① Almost all his friends suggested that he visit Mr. Johnson at once.
② ----The experiment has failed！
----I suggest you try again.
句式一、 It's suggested that…… （有人建议……）例如：
① It's suggested that we （ should ） put on a short play at the party.
有人建议我们在晚会上演一个短剧。
② It has been suggested that Robert should go to Chicago and try to find a job there. 有人建议罗伯特到芝加哥去，设法在那里找个工作。
句式二、 What （ All that ） sb. suggests is that…… （某人建议的是……）
① What I suggest is that we visit a class right away.
我的建议是我们马上去听课。
② What she suggested was that the clinic should make better use of those herbs. 她建议医疗站更好地利用那些草药。
suggest 作“表明、说明、暗示、指出”解，后面的that 宾语从句的谓语动词用陈述语气。
① He often came to the theater， but his attitude suggested he was not really interested in the play.
② Jane's pale face suggested that she was ill， and her parents suggested that she have a medical examination.
第一个 suggested 作“表明、说明”解，所以其后的宾语从句的谓语动词用陈述语气；第二个 suggested 的意思是“建议”，所以其后的宾语从句的谓语动词用虚拟语气，其中的 should 被省略了。
考点三、名词 suggestion 的用法与其词根动词用法相似。
按英语习惯，suggest的派生名词suggestion也具有与其词根动词相似的用法，suggestion 作“建议”解，后面跟同位语从句时，以及 suggestion 用作主语，后面跟表语从句时，从句中的谓语动词均用虚拟语气。
① My suggestion is that the work should be started at once.我的建议是立即动工。
② The monitor's suggestion that she should come another day has not been accepted. 班长提出的她改天来的建议还是没有被接受。
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