虚拟语气用法详解

2. believe, expect, suspect, think, imagine 等动词的否定句或疑问句中的宾语从句常用虚拟语气。其虚拟语气的结构为：should + 原形动词。如：

Can you believe that he should kill a tiger? 你能相信他竟杀死了一只老虎？

Can you imagine that he should take the first place in the long jump contest?  你能想象得到他在跳远比赛中竟获得了第一名？

3. 英语中，wish 之后的宾语从句，表示一种没有实现或根本不可能实现的愿望，常用虚拟语气。其虚拟语气的结构为(from www.hxen.net)：

表示所发生的时间

虚拟语气结构

发生在主句动作之前

  (1) had + 过去分词；

  (2) would / could / might / should + have + 过去分词

与主句动作同时发生

过去时(be 用were )

发生在主句动作之后

would / could / might / should + 原形动词

例如：

I wish she were not married. 我真希望她没结婚。

I wish the bus went to the university. 我希望公共汽车能通到大学。

I wish I hadn’t wasted so much money. 但愿我没浪费这么多钱。

注意，从句的时态只与从句所指的时间有关，而与 wish 的时态无关。比较：

I wish I were rich. 要是我现在有钱就好了。

I wish I had been rich. 要是那时我有钱就好了。

I wished I were rich. 当时我后悔自己没有钱。

I wished I had been rich. 当时我后悔自己曾经没有钱。

4. 英语中，would rather, had rather, would sooner等之后的宾语从句常表示与客观事实不相符的一种愿望，故使用虚拟语气。其虚拟语气的结构为：

表示所发生的时间

虚拟语气结构

过去

had + 过去分词；

现在

过去时(be 用were )

将来

过去时(be 用were )

例如：

I’d rather you had seen the film yesterday. 我倒想你昨天看过了这场电影。

I’d rather you were here now. 我倒想你现在在这儿。

We’d rather you went here tomorrow. 我么倒想你明天去那儿。

四、主语从句中的虚拟语气

在表达惊异、惋惜、遗憾、理应如此等意义的主语从句中常使用虚拟语气，其虚拟语其的结构为： should + 动词原形，主句中的谓语动词形式不限。

句型：

(1) It is admirable / dreadful / extraordinary / odd / remarkable / sad / advisable / annoying / disappointing / surprising / upsetting / frightening / better / best / curious / desirable / important / strange / peculiar / proper / necessary / natural...that...

(2) It is a pity / a shame / no wonder...that...

(3) It is suggested / requested / desired / proposed /... that...

(4) It worries me that...

如：

It is important that we should do well in our lessons first. 我们先把功课学好很重要。

It is strange that he should not come. 很奇怪，他竟没有来。

It is a pity that we should not meet last night. 真遗憾我们昨天晚上没有见过面。

It worries me that we should be blamed for that. 我们竟要受责备真让人烦恼。

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