摘要:现在你该解决同你父亲之间的分歧了。* It's time Ipickedup my daughter. 到时间去接我女儿了。* It's time that the articlewere published. 发表这篇文章是适时的。
1) It's (high/ about) time 后的定语从句要用虚拟语气 (多采用过去时态来表达)
It's time we made a start.
我们该出发了。
It's time you grew up.
你该懂事了。
It's time you went to school.
你该去上学了。
It's time we left.
我们该走了。
It's time we got on to the question of costs.
我们该讨论成本问题了。
It's time we returned their invitation.
该我们回请他们了。
It's time the kids were in bed.
孩子们该睡觉了。
It's time you settled your differences with your father.
现在你该解决同你父亲之间的分歧了。
* It's time I picked up my daughter. 到时间去接我女儿了。
* It's time that the article were published. 发表这篇文章是适时的。
sn't it about time that you pulled your finger out?
现在到了你该赶紧动起来的时候了吧?
It's about time a few movie makers with original ideas were given a chance
该给为数不多的几个有创见的电影制作者一个机会了。
It is about time tour operators respected the law and their own code of conduct.
旅行社是时候该遵守法律和行业规范了。
It's about time you cleaned your room!
你该打扫自己的房间了!
It's about time you learnt to face facts.
现在该是你学会正视事实的时候了。
It's about time you got a job to earn your keep.
你该找个工作挣自己的生活费了。
It's about time we updated our software.
我们的软件应该更新了。
* It's high time that he began to think how to deal with money. 他是时候开始考虑如何理财了。
It is now high time he banged his colleagues' heads together.
现在该是他敲打敲打同事们的时候了。
* It's high time we were leaving.我们该走了。
It is high time the Government displayed a more humanitarian approach towards victims of the recession
政府早该对受到经济衰退影响的人们采取更加人性化的救助措施。
2) 由 that 引导的句子。用虚拟语气表示主观愿望或沮丧情绪。
That I should be accused of murder! 我竞然被控谋杀。
Oh, that I were with her now! 但愿我现在和她在一起。
Oh that I could see him again!
啊,我多么想能再看到他!
3) 由 would that 引导的句子, 表示 “但愿,要是…就好了”。
* Would that I were a student again. 但愿我重新回到学生时代。
Would that time flew back, and nothing happened!
但愿时光可以倒流,一切都没有发生。
* Would that you didn't refuse my proposal of marriage. 但愿你不会拒绝我的求婚。
* Would that I had told him the change last Friday. 如果我上星期五告诉他这个变化就好了。
Would that he could have listened to his father.
他要是听了他父亲的话就好了。
4) 由 to think 引导的句子 ( 表示 “没想到…”)。
* To think I went though all troubles for nothing. 没想到我克服了所有困难竟然什么也没得到。
* To think that the manager knew nothing about the production! 想不到经理对生产一无所知!
* To think that all money should have been wasted! 没想到所有钱全白花了!
To think that my mother wrote all those books and I never knew!
想想看,我母亲写了那么多部书,我竟然一无所知!《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
5) would have thought 表示 “会想到”, “会以为/料到”,“本以为,一直以为(肯定句中)”。
* Who would have thought that would happen? 谁想到竟然会发生这种事呢?
Who would have thought that would happen?
真是料想不到的事情!《汉英大词典》
* I was only joking; who would have thought he would take it seriously.
我是开玩笑,谁会想到他竟当真
Who would have thought that Fredo would become a lackey of women?
谁能料到弗烈特竟堕落成女人脚下的哈叭狗?
We would have thought he would have a more responsible attitude
我们本以为他会采取更负责的态度。
I would have thought if they were looking for redundancies I would be last on the list
我本以为,要是他们打算裁员,我会是最不可能被裁的人选。
We would have thought they would do more or less to help us.
我们一直以为他们能或多或少地帮助我们。
来源:翅膀英语一点号