句子功能的再現(xiàn)（13）

　　(4) 二十日，曉鐘初動，即聞江口喚渡聲。余驚起，呼曹同濟(jì)。曹曰：“勿急。宜飽食登舟。”

　　On the twentieth, as soon as the morning temple bell had struck, I already heard the ferry-man crying at the bank for passengers to come aboard. I got up in a hurry and asked Ts'ao to go together. "No hurry. We must eat something before going down to the boat," said Ts'ao.

　　(沈復(fù)《浮生六記》，林語堂譯)

　　該例中的祈使句“勿急”可作多種處理，如There's no hurry about it、Don't be in such a hurry、No need to hurry，但都不及本譯文No hurry來得干脆簡潔。這其中，There's no hurry about it和No hurry都不是祈使句，但具備相同的“呼喚”(vocative)這一交際功能。