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■ guess

可以表示“猜测但不一定猜中”(第二类动词),但也可以表示“猜中”(第四类动词)。大体上,可以从它的搭配上加以区别:

1) 在下列情况下是“猜测但不一定猜中”:

a) 祈使句。

  • Guess who she brought with her!你猜猜她把谁给带来了!
  • Guess what?你猜猜看(我要告诉你什么)?

间接的祈使句也有相同的情况。

  • Ask the children to guess what's in each container by dipping their hands in.叫孩子们把手伸进每个容器里面沾一下,猜容器里面盛着什么。

b) 第一人称的一般现在时。

  • I guess I must be going now.我想我该走了。
  • I guess I got the news a day or so late.我想我收到这个消息晚了一两天。

c) 任何时态后接间接问句或以 that(可省略)引入的名词从句。

  • They'd already guessed who was going to be appointed.他们已经推测谁会得到任命。
  • She guessed that she was fifty yards from shore.她推测自己离岸五十码远。

d) 进行式。

  • I suggest that you keep her guessing.我建议你最好让她摸不透。

e) guess 后面有介词 at 或 about。

  • What went on in Townsend's mind at that point could only be guessed at.汤森德此时有什么心事,只能靠猜测。
  • Stroeve tried to talk to me about the picture, but he was incoherent. I had to guess at what he meant.(Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, Chapter XXXIX)施特略夫尽量想把他见到的这幅画描述给我听,但是他说得前言不搭后语,许多意思都只能由我猜测。
  • She likes to keep them guessing about her age.她喜欢让他们摸不透她的年龄。

2) 在下列情况下是“猜中”:

a) 一般将来时或过去将来时(肯定或否定)。

  • You'll never guess what he said.你永远也猜不出他那时说的是什么。
  • He was twenty-six, but no one would ever guess. He looked nineteen.他已经二十六岁了,但是谁都猜不出来。他看起来像十九岁。
  • He would immediately guess their true intent.他就会马上猜出他们的真正意图。

b) 现在、过去或将来完成时。

  • Someone might have guessed our secret and passed it on.可能有人猜出了我们的秘密,传了出去。
  • He should have guessed what would happen.会发生什么事,他本来应该猜得出来。
  • You will no doubt have guessed the truth: that she was far less mad than she seemed.... (John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Chapter 9, p.64)不用说,读者也可以猜到实情:她表面上好象是疯了,实际上根本就没有疯…

c) 前面有 can (could) 或 happen to。

  • I can guess what's going through your mind.你心里想些什么,我都能猜得出来。
  • No one can guess the true reason.真正的原因,谁都猜不出来。
  • Can you guess how old I am?你能猜得出我几岁吗?
  • Most of the students happened to guess the right answer.大多数学生猜中了正确的答案。

d) 后面有名词宾语。

  • guess a riddle 猜中一个谜(比较 guess at a riddle猜一个谜)
  • I had guessed the identity of her lover.我猜出了她的情人是谁。

e) 过去时后面没有下文。

  • How did you guess?你是怎样猜出来的?

f) 前面或后面有表示难易、正误等意义的词语。

  • His age is hard to guess.他的年龄很难猜得出来。
  • He guessed right about some things.他对某些事情是猜中了。
  • She guessed wrong.她猜错了。

g) 一般过去时否定。

  • But still he did not guess. Nor did he — but in this case, how could he?— guess what had happened to Sarah when she left him the previous afternoon. (John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Chapter 23, p.198) (刘宪之、蔺延梓译本是:“尽管如此,可他并不猜疑。同样,他也没有猜测前一天下午莎拉离开他后碰到了什么事。”看来有误。似应改为:“尽管如此,可他并没有猜出来。同样,他也没有猜出(在这件事情上,他又怎么可能猜得出来呢)前一天下午莎拉离开他后碰到了什么事。”
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