情態(tài)動詞(三)

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5 must表示推測
    1) must用在肯定句中表示較有把握的推測,意為“一定”。
    2) must表對現(xiàn)在的狀態(tài)或現(xiàn)在正發(fā)生的事情的推測時(shí), must 后面通常接系動詞be 的原形或行為動詞的進(jìn)行式。
    You have worked hard all day.You must be tired.  你辛苦干一整天,一定累了。(對現(xiàn)在情況的推測判斷)
    He must be working in his office. 他一定在辦公室工作呢。
    比較:
    He must be staying there.
    他現(xiàn)在肯定呆在那里。
    He must stay there.
    他必須呆在那。
    3) must 表示對已發(fā)生的事情的推測時(shí),must 要接完成式。
    I didn't hear the phone. I must have been asleep. 我剛才沒有聽到電話,我想必是睡著了。
    4) must表示對過去某時(shí)正發(fā)生的事情的推測,must 后面要接不定式的完成進(jìn)行式。
    -Why didn't you answer my phone call?
    -Well, I must have been sleeping, so I didn't hear it.
    5) 否定推測用 can't.
    If Tom didn't leave here until five o'clock, he can't be home yet. 如果湯姆五點(diǎn)才離開這兒,他此時(shí)一定還未到家。
    6 表示推測的用法
    can, could, may, might, must 皆可表示推測,其用法如下:
    1)情態(tài)動詞+動詞原形。
    表示對現(xiàn)在或?qū)淼那闆r的推測,此時(shí)動詞通常為系動詞。
    I don't know where she is, she may be in Wuhan.
    2)情態(tài)動詞+動詞現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)。
    表示對現(xiàn)在或?qū)碚谶M(jìn)行的情況進(jìn)行推測。
    At this moment, our teacher must be correcting our exam papers.
    這時(shí),我們老師想必在批改試卷。
    3)情態(tài)動詞+動詞完成時(shí)。
    表示對過去情況的推測。
    We would have finished this work by the end of next December.
    明年十二月底前我們很可能已完成這項(xiàng)工作了。
    The road is wet. It must have rained last night.
    地是濕的,昨天晚上一定下雨了。
    4)情態(tài)動詞+動詞的現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行時(shí)。
    表示對過去正在發(fā)生事情的推測。
    Your mother must have been looking for you.
    你媽媽一定一直在找你。
    5)推測的否定形式,疑問形式用can't, couldn't表示。
    Mike can't have found his car, for he came to work by bus this morning.
    邁克一定還沒有找回他的車,因?yàn)樵缟纤亲财噥砩习嗟摹?BR>    注意:could, might表示推測時(shí)不表示時(shí)態(tài),其推測的程度不如 can, may.