词组 | in case...should/might |
释义 | in case...should/might 【问】 Take your coat in case it should rain.请问should的词汇意义与语法意义。 【答】 in case引导的从句可以使用一般现在时,但表示的是将来时间: 1. Take your coat in case it rains. 穿上雨衣,以防下雨。 2. Write a will in case you die. (CGEL) 写个遗嘱吧,以防你逝世。 3. We've installed an extinguisher next to the cooker in case there is ever a fire. (LEG)我们在炉灶旁边安装了一个灭火器,以防着火。 4. I'll get some beer in case Aunt Mary comes. (PEU) 我要弄些啤酒来,因为玛丽婶婶要来。 5. She's taking a stick with her in case she has any trouble on the way. (CGEL)她带着一根木棍,以防在路上遇到麻烦。 如果in case从句使用一般过去时,则表示过去的将来: Doctors and nurses remained above ground while police patrolled the streets in case any- one tried to leave the shelters too soon. (New Concept English Book 3,L. 7)医生和护士则留在地面,警察在街上巡逻,以防有人试图过早离开防空洞。 如同其他目的状语从句常常要求一个表示推定性的情态动词一样,in case引导的从 句有时也要求使用一个表示推定性的情态动词should或might。should在这里的词汇意义相当于might,切不可理解为“应当”: 1.Here's a shilling in case you should need it. (Mansfield) 给你一先令,也许你用得着它。 2. He left early in case he should miss the last train. 他动身很早,以防误了最后一班火车。 3. In case the wall should collapse,they evacuated the building. (GCE)他们怕墙壁倒塌,便撤离了这幢大楼。 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第241-242页. |
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