英语口语学习词典：600词走遍英联邦(W) wonder（mp3下载）

wonder

I shouldn't wonder..

用：多用于if从句中。
意：(要是…)。我一点也不会感到奇怪;我敢确信…;我想…(很)可能(会)…
例：Macic is very fund of Silvia-I shouldn't wonder if he married her.
麦克非常喜欢西尔维娅—我想他会娶她的。
She's gone tv her mother's place, I shnnldn't wonder.
我敢确信她去她妈妈那儿了。

It's a wonder

意：奇怪的是…;真想不到…;…真令人惊奇
例，It's a wander that you recognized me after all these years away!
真想不到都这么多年过去了你还能认出我来!
It's a wonder she didn't get hurt when she fell from the third-floor window.
她从3楼窗户摔下来竟没伤着，真令人惊奇;

I wonder if..

用：这是向人提出请求或询问情况的一种作常客气的句式。if可以换成whether .
意;不知....;请…
例，I wonder if you'd mind turning dawn the volume?
不知您能否把声音拧小一点?
I wonder whether I could speak to Charlie.
我可以和查理说话吗?

no wonder...

用;也说litt...或small wonder.
意：难怪一;…实在不足为奇;我说…，原来…;没什么奇怪的;当然
例，No wonder I couldn't open the drawer, it was locked!
我说我怎么打不开这抽屉呢，原来是锁着的!
A: She says she feels sick.
她说她感到恶心。
B: Small wonder, after eating all these chocolates!
她吃了那么多巧克力，不感到恶心那才怪呢.

Wonders newer ceases

用：对令人偷快的意想不到的事感到惊讶时说的话。如在孩子出乎意料地主动学做些家务，如洗车、洗餐具等时表示带一些讽刺的赞扬。
意：你做的事儿可真让我想不到啊!你(他、她)可真有出息了!太阳从西边出来了!
例 .A: I've mowed the lawn, Dad?
爸，我把草坪修剪了!
B: Oh, really? Wonders never cease!
噢.真的?你可真出息了!