第五章 虛擬語氣 虛擬語氣的其他用法

　　1.用于祝愿語(用動詞原形)：

　　Long live world Peace!

　　世界和平萬歲!

　　“God bless you,” said the old woman.

　　老太婆說，“愿上帝保佑你。”

　　“(God) damn it,” cursed the man.

　　那人罵道，“他媽的!”

　　Heaven help us.

　　愿老天保佑我們。

　　2.用于由may引起的祝愿語：

　　May you be happy all your life.

　　愿你一牛幸福。

　　May there never be another world war!

　　愿再也不發(fā)生世界大戰(zhàn)!

　　3.用if only引起的驚嘆語中(謂語和with后從句的謂語形式一樣)：

　　Oh, if he only knew how we miss him.

　　但愿他知道我們多么想念他。

　　If only I hadn't lost it.

　　我要是沒丟失它就好了!

　　If only she were not so terribly frightened of Aunt Ruth.

　　她如果不那么怕魯斯姨就好了!

　　4.用在as it were中：

　　He is, as it were, a walking dictionary.

　　他可說是一部活字典。

　　在日常口語中，?？捎胏ould, might, would, should等代替can, may, will, shall等使口氣顯得更婉轉(zhuǎn)，有人也看作是一種虛擬語氣，如：

　　Could you leave your telephone number with us?

　　你可否把你的電話號碼給我們留下?(比用can顯得客氣一些)

　　Might I have your pen for a minute?

　　我可否借你的鋼筆用一下?

　　What would you advise me to do?

　　你看我該怎么辦?

　　I should be glad to talk to him.

　　我愿和他談談。

　　Wouldn't it be better to do it ourselves?

　　我們自己來干是否更好一點?

　　You might as well do it today.

　　你不如今天就做。

　　The situation could still be remedied, I suppose.

　　我看這情勢也許還有挽救余地。