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be + to do sth.
的用法
p>
1.
表示按计划或安排要做的事。
例如:<
/p>
When are you to leave for
home?
你什么时候回家?
She
is to be married next
month.
她将于下个月结婚。
The Queen is to visit Japan in a week’s
time.
女王将于一周后访问日本。
这种结构也可用于过去。
was / were to do
sth.
表示曾经计划要做的事,但不表
明计划是否被执行,
或表示
“
命运(即命中注定要发生的事)
”
,而非计划;
was /
were to have done
sth.
表示未曾实现的计划。例如:
I felt nervous because I was soon to
leave home for the first time.
我感到很紧
张,因为我很快就要首次离开家了。
They
said goodbye, little knowing that they were never
to meet again.
他们告了
别,不知道以后再也不
会见面了。
We were to have told
you, but you were not in.
我们本来想告诉你的,但是你不
在家。
2.
表示
“
应该
”
,相当于
should, ought
to
。
例如:
You are to report to the
police.
你应该报警。
What is to be
done?
应该怎么办呢?
3.
p>
表示
“
必须
”
p>
,相当于
must, have
to
。
例如:
The letter is to be handed to him in
person.
这封信必须亲手交给他。
You are to do your homework before you
watch
TV.
看电视之前你得先做完作
业。
4.
表示
“
想
,打算
”
,相当于
intend,
want
。例如:
If we
are to be there before ten, we’ll have to go now.<
/p>
如果我们要在十点前到,
我们现在就得走。
5.
用于第一人称疑问句,表示征求对方意见。
例如:
Am I to go on with
the work?
要我继续完成这项工作吗?
What are we to do
next?
我们下一步该怎么办?
6
.
用于否定句,表示
“
禁止
”
,相当于
mustn’t
。
例如:
The books
in this room are not to be taken outside.
这个室内的书籍不得带出室
外。
You are not to smoke in the reading-
room.
你不可以在阅览室里吸烟。
7.
表示
“
可以,可能
”
,相当于
may,
can
。
例如:
The news is to be found in the evening
paper.
这条消息可以在晚报上见到。
Such people are to be found
everywhere.
这种人到处都有。
She is nowhere to be
found.
在哪里也找不着她。
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