虚拟语气
wish
wish 可用于虚拟语气
- I wish that we were together.
我希望我们依然还在一起(暗指我们已经分手了。)
wish 也有普通的用法 wish to do = want to do
- I wish to buy a car.
我希望我能买一辆车。
if
当if使用虚拟语气时,前后语态将都会成为虚拟。
If I were a boy ,I think I could understand.
假如我是男孩,我想我会明白。
would rather
would rather 的意思是情愿去做... 有would rather to do sth 的结构
当would rather 用于虚拟语气的时候,美式和英式的用法会不一样。
英式 would rather that did 均可以表达现在时和未来时。
美式:would rather that do 表示未来时,would rather did 表示现在时
两者均用had did 表示过去时。