wouldlike和want之间的区别是什么?
wouldlike和want之间的区别是什么?
wouldlike和want之间的区别是什么?
wouldlike和want之间的区别是什么?
wouldlike和want
A在下列情况下,这两个词可以互换使用:
1用于请求或有关请求的问句中(但这里不使用wouldnotlike,参见下面B1):
Customer:I’dlikesomeraspberries,please./Iwantsomeraspberries,please.
顾客:请给我拿点儿木莓.
Greengrocer:I’mafraidIhaven’tany.Wouldyoulikesomestrawberries?
蔬菜水果商:对不起,我没有木莓了.您来点草莓怎么样?
Customer:No,Idon’twantanystrawberries,thanks.
顾客:不,我不想要草莓.(这里不能用wouldn’tlike.)
Iwouldlike常常要比Iwant更有礼貌.
wouldyoulike?要比doyouwant?更有礼貌,也更殷勤.
wouldyoulike?可以含有愿意满足别人的希望的意思.doyouwant?则不含有这种意思.因此,与顾客或客人打交道时,通常用wouldyoulike?:
Caller:I’dliketo/IwanttospeaktoMrX,please.
打电话者:我想找X先生说话.
Telephonist:MrXisout.WouldyouliketospeaktoMr
话务员:X先生出去了.您跟Y先生说行吗?
2如果不是提出请求而只是谈到愿望时,可以随意用wouldlike或want的肯定式、疑问式或否定式.它们的意思没有区别,然而,Iwant要比Iwouldlike显得更自信.Iwant通常不用于表示不可实现的愿望:
IwouldliketoliveonMars.
但愿我能住到火星上去.
Bwouldlike和want在下列用法中不能互换:
1表示邀请时用wouldyoulike?结构,而不能用doyouwant?结构:
Wouldyoulikeacupofcoffee?
您想喝一杯咖啡吗?
Wouldyouliketocometothetheatre?
您想来剧院看戏吗?
doyouwant?用于此处只表示一种询问,不含有邀请的意思.
2wouldn’tlike和don’twant是有区别的.
don’twant表示没有某种愿望;wouldn’tlike表示不喜欢.因此,wouldn’tlike不能用来回答邀请或提议,因为在这种回答中wouldn’tlike的口气将是不礼貌的.在这里常用don’twant或其他形式来代替wouldn’tlike:
—Wouldyoulikesomemorecoffee?
—No,Idon’twantanymore,thanks./No,thanks.
—您再来点儿咖啡吗?
—不,不要了,
C在过去时中这两种形式的变化不同.在间接引语中want变为wanted,而wouldlike不起变化:
Tomsaid,‘Iwouldlike/wanttoseeit.’
汤姆说:“我想看看它”.相当于:
Tomsaidhewouldlike/wantedtoseeit.
汤姆说他想看看它.
但如果不用间接引语的结构来表示,只能说:Tomwantedtoseeit(这里我们不能用wouldlike因为Tomwouldliketoseeit的意思是指现在或将来).
Dwouldlike有两个过去形式:wouldlike+不定式的完成式或wouldlike+不定式/名词/代词.这些形式只能表示未能实现的愿望:
I’dliketohavegoneskiing./I’dhavelikedaday’sskiing.
我本想去滑雪的.(但我未能实现我的愿望.)