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本帖最后由 冰上走的小猫猫 于 2018-4-22 17:20 编辑
我觉得一个句子,如果已经包含了可以表达“经常如此”这个含义的词语时,如each year, always, every day,
那句子即便不使用would,也可以传达出“重复”的概念。
但如果没有,那就可以用情态动词would来传达“多次重复”的含义。
比如这篇文章接下来继续描写到
She trimmed the stems and placed them in a very special vase and then put the vase beside the portrait of his smiling face. She WOULD sit for hours in her husband's favorite chair, while staring at his picture, and the roses sitting there.
A year went by, and it was ...
这段中的would加与不加,句子意思是完全不一样的。
用了would表达的意思是 经常如此,是一段时期内的惯常做法。
而没有would,直接写She sat for hours in ... 则句意就成了“单一事件”,即是接到花的那天坐了一下午而已。而没有重复的含义了。
再比如牛津的例句
When my parents were away, my grandmother WOULD take care of me.
如果该句去掉would,那句意更像是一个具体语境中的单一事件。比如某天父母不在的时候,奶奶照顾我。而没有传达“总是如此”的含义。
但是如果写为 My grandmother always took take care of me when my parents were not at home.
那也同样表达出了重复的含义。而不需要再有情态动词了。
对于would该用法的理解,不知道大家认可么?
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