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will与would的用法解析

2009-12-07来源:和谐英语

will与would的用法解析

 

1. 表示意愿

will 表示现在的意愿,would表示过去的意愿:

I will pay you at the rate you ask. 我愿意照你要求的价钱付款。

Go where you will. 你愿到哪里就到哪里。

He wouldn’t help me yesterday. 他昨天不愿帮助我。

She asked if I would go with them. 她问我是否愿同他们一起去。

【注】(1) 表示“意愿”的 will 有时可用于条件句中:

If you will allow me, I will see you home. 如果你同意,我可以送你回家。

(2) would也可表示现在的意愿,语气较委婉:

I’d go there with you. 我愿同你去那儿。

I wouldn’t go. 我不会去。

 

2. 表示征求意见或提出请求

主要用于第二人称的疑问句中,will和would均可用,would此时并不表过去,而表示委婉语气:

Won’t you take off your coat? 你要不要把大衣脱掉?

Will [would] you please post the letter for me? 请帮我寄了这封信好吗?

Would Sunday night suit you? 星期天晚上适合你吗?

【注】(1) 有时为使语气委婉,可用否定式。总的说来,用would比用will委婉,用won’t和wouldn’t比单独用will和would要委婉。

(2) would有时用于提出想法,通常与like, love, hate, prefer, be glad, be happy等连用,若用于第一人称有时也可将would换成should:

I’d like [love] to have a look at it. 我想看看它。

I would prefer not to go out today. 我今天不想出去。

 

3. 表示习惯和倾向性

will表示现在的习惯,would表示过去的习惯:

Oil will float on water. 油总是浮在水上。

This window won’t open. 这扇窗户经常打不开。

He’ll talk for hours, if you let him. 你要让他讲,他会讲几个小时。

The wound would not heal. (过去)伤口老不愈合。

When he was a child, he would often go skiing. 他小时候经常去滑雪。

He would sit there for hours sometimes doing nothing at all. 有时他在那里一坐几个钟头,什么也不做。

【注】有时would表示经常发生的令人不耐烦的事:

That’s just like him—he would lose his keys! 他就是这样,老丢钥匙!