【问】 Would that I were with her now!

请分析would的意义和用法。

【答】 许多英语词典把这种用法的would看作是及物动词，表示愿望，属古体。that从句表示与事实相反的愿望(连词that可省略)，从句用虚拟语气。请分析下面的实例：

1. Would (that) he were gone! (Chambers)

要是他走了，该多好!

2. Would that we had seen her before she died. (LDCE)

要是在她临死之前我们能见到她一面，那就好了。

3. Would that I had not said that.

我真后悔说了那样的话。

4. Would that everyone treated me as considerately. (CGEL)

要是大家都对我很体贴，可就好了。

5. Would that I were young again.

如果我能返老还童就好了。

6. Would that my mother were alive to see me married.

要是我妈妈仍在世能看见我结婚，那该多好!

7. Would (to God) that I’d never heard of him!

要是我从来没有听到他的消息，就好了!