refers to后面的动词是什么形式？

Question

我写The word'That' refers _to ride on the path along the coast._但是答案却是_riding on the path along the coast. 为什么？请详细解说。

Answer 1

Language refers to the morphological changes of the refraction, Inflection Affix form of morphological changes, including the loss and Affix increase.
悬赏35分。。求救高人来帮忙翻译这2段话！语言的形态变化指关于屈折方面的，即屈折词缀形式的形态变化，包括词缀的丢失与增加。

2. The Double Seventh Festival refers to the seventh night of the seventh lunar month. It is a traditional folk festival of the Han people.
七夕情人节指的是农历七月的第七个夜晚，这个节日是汉代传统的民间节日。

3. The Big Dipper refers to seven stars such as Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar and Alkaid, part of the Great Bear.
北斗七星是指天枢、天璇、天玑、天权、玉衡、开阳和摇光七颗星，属於大熊座的一部分。

4. The Big Dipper refers to seven stars such as Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar and Alkaid, part of Ursa Major.
北斗七星是指天枢、天璇、天玑、天权、玉衡、开阳和摇光七颗星，属於大熊座的一部分。

5. When an indefinite pronouns is the subject, it always takes a singular verb, even when it refers to more than one
不定代词作主语，即使是指代多个人或事时，也总与动词的单数形式搭配。

6. This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
此文字指的是精装版。

7. Towers mainly refers to the sharing of staircases, lift up more housing at the core of high-rise residential.
塔楼主要是指以共用楼梯、电梯为核心布置多套住房的高层住宅。

8. Sometimes refers to the open-loop gain, and sometimes must be clearly refers to a static or dynamic loop gain of loop gain.
有时候指的是开环增益，有时

Answer 2

短语fefer to 意思是“指的是”，其中to是介词，后接名词(短语)或动词的-ing 形式,故答案是refer to riding……，to 不是不定式，所以refer to 后面不能接动词原形ride……

Answer 3

这里的to是介词，后面要接动名词、名词或代词。本回答被提问者采纳

Answer 4

refer to doing sth追问

为什么？请详细解说。

追答

to是介词这里