重點中學(xué)英語語法講義-虛擬語氣

一、概說

英語有三種語氣，即陳述語氣、祈使語氣和虛擬語氣。陳述語氣用于陳述事實、提出看法或問題等，祈使語氣用于表示請求、命令或警告等，虛擬語氣則表示假想或主觀愿望：

He is honest. 他很誠實。(陳述語氣)

Don’t be late next time. 下次別遲到。(祈使語氣)

If I were you I wouldn’t go. 我要是你，我就會去。(虛擬語氣)

I wish I had a lot of money. 要是我有很多錢就好了。(虛擬語氣)

二、帶虛擬條件的虛擬語氣

1. 真實條件句和非真實條件句

條件句有真實條件句和非真實(虛擬)條件句兩種。真實條件句所表示的假設(shè)是有可能發(fā)生的，而非真實條件句則通常表示一種假想，與事實相反或不大可能會發(fā)生：

If I have time, I will go with them. 假若我有時間，我就同他們?nèi)ァ?/SPAN>(陳述語氣)

If I were you, I would go with them. 假若我是你，我就同他們?nèi)ァ?/SPAN>(虛擬語氣)

2. 虛擬條件句的三種基本類型

(1) 若與現(xiàn)在事實相反，條件從句的謂語用過去式(be通常用were)，主句謂語用“should (would, could, might)+動詞原形”：

If you took a taxi，you’d get there quicker. 如果你坐出租車去，你可以快一點到那里。(但你不坐)

If I knew her number I could ring her up. 要是我知道她的電話號碼，我就可以給她打電話了。(可惜我不知道)

(2) 若與過去事實相反，條件從句的謂語用過去完成時(had+過去分詞)，主句謂語用“should (would, could, might)+have+過去分詞”：

If I’d left sooner，I’d have been on time. 要是我早點動身，我就準時到了。(但我動身太遲了)

If we had found him earlier we could have saved his life. 要是我們當(dāng)時早點找到他的話，我們就可以救活他。(可惜我們找到他太晚了)

(3) 若與將來事實相反，條件從句的謂語用過去式(be通常用were)，主句謂語用“should (would, could, might)+動詞原形”：

If he went，would you go too? 如果他去，你也去嗎?(大概他不會去)

If I asked him，I’m sure he’d help us. 如果我向他提出要求，肯定他會幫助我們。(不過我不打算這樣做)

注：① 主句謂語中的should主要用于第一人稱后。would, might, could的大致區(qū)別是：would表示結(jié)果，might表示可能性，could表示能力、允許或可能性。比較：

If you tried again you would succeed. 要是你再試一試，你就會成功的。(would表結(jié)果)

If you tried again you might succeed. 要是你再試一試，你可能會成功的。(might表可能)

If you tried again you could succeed. 要是你再試一試，你就能成功了。(could表能力)

② 條件從句的謂語動詞為be時，不管其主語為單數(shù)還是復(fù)數(shù)通常都用were，但在口語或非正式文體中的單數(shù)第一人稱和第三人稱后，也可用was，不過在 If I were you這樣的表達中，通常還是以用were為宜。

③ 有時條件從句用would表示愿意：

If he would live on with me, I would be his better half. 要是他還愿意跟我過，我仍會做他的妻子。

④ 對于與將來事實相反的情形，請注意以下幾點：一是這里說的與將來事實相反，實為對將來情況的推測；二是此用法中的條件從句謂語除用過去式外，有時也用“should+動詞原形”(表示可能性極小，常譯為“萬一”)或“were to+動詞原形”(表示與將來事實相反的假設(shè))；三是當(dāng)條件從句使用“should+動詞原形”這樣的謂語時，主句謂語除可用“should (would, could, might)+動詞原形”這樣的虛擬語氣外，也可用陳述語氣或祈使語氣：

If it should rain tomorrow, don’t expect me. 萬一明天下雨，就不要等我了。

I should see him, I’ll tell him. 萬一我見到他，我就告訴他。

3. 錯綜時間虛擬條件句

所謂錯綜時間虛擬條件句即條件從句與主句所指時間不一致，如從句指過去，而主句即指的是現(xiàn)在或?qū)�來，此時應(yīng)根據(jù)具體的語境情況，結(jié)合上面提到的三種基本類型對時態(tài)作相應(yīng)的調(diào)整：

If it had rained last night, the ground would be wet now. 要是昨晚下過雨的話，現(xiàn)在地面就會是濕的。

You would be much better now if you had taken my advice. 假若你當(dāng)時聽我的話，你現(xiàn)在就會好多了。

注：條件從句用 if I were…時，既可指現(xiàn)在也可指過去。如：

If I were you, I would go. 假若我是你，我就去。

If I were not busy, I would have come. 假若我不忙，我早就來了。

也可用 if I had been you也表示過去：

If I had been you，I’d have taken the job. 我要是你，我就接受那份工作了。

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