| 词组 | will |
| 释义 | Contents overview will38 will1formswill + infinitive without toIt will be cold tomorrow.Where will you spend the night?Some British people use I shall and we shall instead of I/we will, with no difference of meaning in most situations. However, shall is now rare, and it is almost non-existent in American English. For situations where it is still used, 80.2.Contractions: I'll, you'll, etc; won't /wəʊnt/2use: giving information about the future; predictingWill + infinitive is used to give (or ask for) information about the future.It'll be spring soon.Will all the family be at the wedding?Karen will start work some time next week.In another thirteen minutes the alarm will go off. This will close an electrical contact, causing the explosive to detonate.We often use will in predictions of future events – to talk about what we think, guess or calculate will happen.Tomorrow will be warm, with some cloud in the afternoon.Who do you think will win on Saturday?You'll never finish that book.3conditional use: You'll fall if you're not careful.Will is often used to express conditional ideas, when we say what will happen if something else happens.He'll have an accident if he goes on driving like that.If the weather's fine, we'll have the party in the garden.Look out – you'll fall! (If you're not more careful.)'Come out for a drink.''No, I'll miss the film on TV if I do.'Don't leave me. I'll cry!4future events already decided: will not usedWhen future events are already decided, or when we can 'see them coming', we often prefer a present form (usually present progressive or going to …).I'm seeing the headmaster on Monday.My sister's going to have a baby.For details, 35–36.5not used in subordinate clauses: when I arriveIn subordinate clauses, we usually use present tenses instead of will (231.2).I'll phone you when I arrive. (not … when I will arrive.)For exceptions, 231.4, 243.For other uses of will, 69.5, 73, 79–80.Previous Next |
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