英语情态动词的语法特征（终于彻底明白如何使用）

英语情态动词真的是太容易让人糊涂了！

同意的，请举手！

今天，我们就来一起分析一下，如何使用英语情态动词，表示“可能”和“不可能”

1.将来的possible

could, might 和 may

• They might come later. (= Perhaps/Maybe they will come later.)
• They may come by car. (= Perhaps/Maybe they will come by car.)
• If we don't hurry we could be late. (= Perhaps/Maybe we will be late)

2.现在或过去的possible

could have, might have 和 may have

• It's ten o'clock. They might have arrived now.
• They could have arrived hours ago.

3.普遍意义上的possible（一般都是可能如此）

现在用can；过去用could

• It can be very cold in winter. (= It is sometimes very cold in winter)
• You can easily lose your way in the dark. (= People often lose their way in the dark)
• It could be very cold in winter. (= Sometimes it was very cold in winter.)
• You could lose your way in the dark. (= People often lost their way in the dark)

不可能Impossible:

现在或将来不可能用can't ；过去不可能用couldn't

• That can't be true.
• We knew it could not be true.

Probable（可能，且确定性很大）

1.肯定发生，且理由充分

must

• It's getting dark. It must be quite late.
• You haven't eaten all day. You must be hungry.

2.过去肯定发生，且理由充分

must have

• They hadn't eaten all day. They must have been hungry.
• You look happy. You must have heard the good news.

3.现在或将来非常有可能，且理由充分

should

• Ask Miranda. She should know.
• It's nearly six o'clock. They should arrive soon.
• We use should have to talk about the past:
• It's nearly eleven o'clock. They should have arrived by now.

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