相当于:
He said that she must/had to/would have to start at once.
他说她必须马上出发。
注意:间接引语中用 would have to时,不表示说话人的权威,而只表示客观的必要。
Tom said,‘If you want to stay on here you must work harder.’
汤姆说:“你如果想继续留在这儿,就必须更努力地工作。”相当于:
Tom said that if she wanted to stay on she must/would have to work harder.
汤姆说她如果想继续留在那儿,就必须更努力地工作。
must意味着汤姆本人坚持要她更努力地工作,而 would have to仅仅意味这么做是必要的。
4 含有must I/you/he?的问句也可进行同样的变化,但因为在疑问句中must常常表示目前或不久将来发生的事、所以常变为 had to:
‘Must you go so soon?’ I said.
我说:“你必须走得这么急吗?”相当于:
I asked him if he had to go so soon.
我问他是否必须走得那么急。
5 must not
I must not常常保持不变。 you/he must not或保持不变,或用否定意义的命令句表示(参见第320与第321节):
He said,‘You mustn’t tell anyone.’
他说:“你绝对不能告诉任何人。”相当于:
He said that she mustn’t tell/wasn’t to tell anyone.
他说她绝对不能告诉任何人。
He told her not to tell anyone.
他告诉她不要告诉任何人。
C needn’t
needn’t可以保持不变,在一般情况下都是这样做的。另外一个办法是将它改变为 didn’t have to/wouldn’t have to,正如将must改变为had to/would have to一样:
He said,‘You needn’t wait.’
他说:“你没必要等了。”相当于:
He said that I needn’t wait.
他说我没必要等了。
I said,‘If you can lend me the money I needn’t go to the bank.’
我说:“如果你能借给我钱,我就不必去银行了。”相当于:
I said that if he could lend me the money I needn’t/wouldn’t have to go to the bank.
我说如果他能借给我钱我就不必去银行了。
He said,‘I needn’t be in the office till ten tomorrow morning.’
他说:“我明天上午不必在10点之前就到办公室。”相当于:
He said that he needn’ t/didn’ t have to be in the office till ten the next morning.
他说他第二天上午不必在10点之前到办公室。
need I/you/he?的用法与must I/you/he?完全相同。即它常常变为 had to:
‘Need I finish my pudding?’asked the small boy.
小男孩问道:“我一定得把布丁吃完吗?”相当于:
The small boy asked if he had to finish his pudding.
小男孩问他是否一定得把布丁吃完。
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第三十二章
连词?
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326 并列连词
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and,but,both...and,or,either...or,neither...nor,not only…but also
这些连词把一对对的名词/形容词/副词/动词/短语/从句连在一起:
He plays squash and rugby.
他玩壁球和英式橄榄球。
I make the payments and keep the accounts.
我管付款和记账。
He works quickly and/but accurately.
他做事快而准确无误。
He is small but strong.
他虽矮小,但很结实。
She is intelligent but lazy.
她人聪明,但懒惰。
We came in first but(we)didn’t win the race.
我们是头一个到终点的,但是没有赢得这次比赛。
Both men and women were drafted into the army.
男女都被征去当兵。
Ring Tom or Bill.
给汤姆或比尔打电话。
She doesn’t smoke or drink.
她不抽烟也不喝酒。
He can’t(either)read or write.
他既不认得字也不会写字。
You can(either) walk up or take the cable car.
你走上去或乘缆车上去都可以。
He can neither read nor write.
他既不认得字也不会写字。
Not only men but also women were chosen.
不仅仅是男的,女的也有被选中的。
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327 besides,however,nevertheless,
otherwise,so,therefore, still,yet,though
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这些副词/连词可以连接两个从句或两个句子。此时它们被认为是“准连词”。除了nevertheless和therefore二者为连词外,它们也可有其他用法,有时用做其他词类。它们在句中的位置取决于它们的用法。
A besides(介词)意为“除……外又……”。它位于名词/代词/动名词之前:
Besides doing the cooking I look after the garden.
除了做饭之外我还得管园子。
besides(副词)意为“又,另外”,通常位于它引导的从句之前,有时也可位于其后:
I can’t go now;I’m too busy.Besides,my passport is out of date.
我现在不能走,我太忙了。何况我的护照过期了。
在较正式的英语中,可以用moreover代替besides。
在较非正式的英语中,也可用anyway或 in any case代替这样使用的 besides:
Anyway,my passport’s out of date.
反正,我的护照过期了。
B however(程度副词,参见第41节)可位于形容词/副词之前:
You couldn’t earn much,however hard you worked
无论你干得多卖力,你都挣不了多少钱。
however(连词)通常意为“但是”,可位于它所引导的从句之前或之后,或位于第一个词或短语之后:
I’ll offer it to Tom.However,he may not want it./He may not want it however./Tom,however,may not want it./If,however,he doesn’t want it...
我将提出把这个给汤姆,然而他可能不要它。/而汤姆可能不要它。/然而,万一汤姆不要它的话……
但提到两句意义相反的话时, however意为“但是/仍然/同样”:
They hadn’t trained hard,but/however/nevertheless/all the same they won however/nevertheless/all the same.
他们并没有刻苦训练,但/无论如何/仍然/同样获胜了。