章振邦语法英语句子汉译:情态助动词表示许可和不许

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365许可情态助动词 |
表示“许可”和“不许"
1) 表示“许可"、“允诺'、 “答应”
请求对方 ”许可" (permission) 可用can, could, may . might
、may
/ might can /could 相比,前者较为正式 may / can might / could 相比,后者较为婉转,更有礼貌, 在口语中特别常用 can表示“许可"。
Can/Could/May/
Might I
smoke in here? 我可以在这里抽烟吗?
表示给予 “许可“通常用 can/ may , 而不用 could
/might。
Could I
use your phone? 我能用一下你的电话吗?
Yes, of
course you can.
能,当然可以只管用。
You may indeed. 可以呀!
在上述诸例 中.用 may / can
, might / could 都不存在时间的差异,但在一定上下文中,便存在这种差异。
Anyone may / can enroll to this course. (表示现在的“许可")
In those
days anyone might / could enroll
for this course. (表示过去的"许可")
表示“许可",除用 may
/ might 外,还可用 allow, permit, permission。
Will you allow I permit me
to use
your car?
During the curfew, nobody was
allowed / permitted to
be out of doors
after sunset.
Will the
children be allowed / permitted to
stay up late on New Year's Eve?
You have my permission to
leave.
She refused to give her permission. 她拒绝给予许可。
They entered the area without permission. 他们进入这个地区未经允许/许可。
如果要作客气的请求,可以有如下办法。
Do you mind if
I go home early
this afternoon? 你介意我回家的时间为今天下午吗?
Would you mind if
I brought a
friend along too? 你介意我来时带上个朋友吗?
裘示“答应”、"允诺”,还可用 promise 。
He promised (me) to
come early. 他答应(我)来早点。
Please promise not
to tell anyone else. 请答应不要告诉别人。
Didn't you promise the
book to you brother? 你不是答应把书给你哥哥吗?
Green has promised
his son
a new bicycle if he passes the examination.
The foreman has promised that
the work shall / should
be done before Saturday.
They promised that
they should/ would finish
the work before Saturday.
以下 promise 是用作名词,表示“允诺" 。
He broke his promise to
help me. 他违背了诺言,没有来帮助我。
I hope that they will keep
their promise that
the work shall
/ will be
done by the end of next week.
They didn't keep their promise that
they would come to our help. 他们没信守诺言,没有来帮助我们。
表示“不许",在非正式语体中通常用 can't。
-Can
I go out for a moment? 我能出去一会儿吗?
No, you can't. 不,你不能。
You can't play
football on the lawn. 你踢足球不许在草坪上。
也可用 won't let 表示“不许" 。
- Can
you get up to do
some exercise? 你能起来做些运动吗?
- No, my doctor won't let me get up yet. 不能,我的医生还不让我起床。
may not 表示“不许"仅用于正式语体,比如用于规章的条文。
Borrowers may not take
any periodicals out of the reading-room.借阅者不得将任何期刊带出阅览室。
Visitors may not feed
the animals. 游客不得喂食动物。
说话人要否定对方发出的客气的请求,通常也都避免使用 may not, 而代之以婉转的口气。
May I
use your car for
a day or two? 我可以用你的车一两天吗?
No, I'm afraid not; it is being repaired. 恐怕不行,正在修理。
注意: may not 表示“不许"的过去时形式并不是 might not。
He may not leave
this place. 他不许离开这个地方。
= I don't allow him
to leave this place. 我不允许他离开这个地方。
He might not leave
this place. 他可能不会离开这个地方。
= Possibly,
he won't leave
this place. 也许吧,他不许离开这个地方。
如果要表示过去某时不许某人做某事,通常应该用
He was not
allowed to leave
this place. 他不准离开这个地方。
I didn't allow / permit
him to leave this place.
我没允许他离开这个地方。