carloscn
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5 months ago 语言点
在英文中表达“本该做某事但没做”这一概念，有多种方式，根据语境的不同，可以采用不同的结构和时态。这些表达方式涵盖了语法结构如情态动词、虚拟语气等，非常有助于丰富你的英语表达。下面是一些常见的表达方式总结：
使用“should have + 过去分词”
这是表达遗憾或错过某事的最常见方式，表示过去应该做了某事但实际上没有做。
- 示例：I should have studied harder for the exam.（我本该为考试更努力地学习。）
使用“could have + 过去分词”
表示有能力做某事或有机会做某事，但最终没有做。
- 示例：You could have won the race if you had tried your best.（如果你全力以赴，你本可以赢得比赛。）
使用“would have + 过去分词”
表示在过去某种条件下可能会发生的事情，但实际上没有发生。
- 示例：I would have gone to the party, but I was too tired.（我本会去参加聚会的，但我太累了。）
使用“might have + 过去分词”
表达对过去事件的推测，说明本有可能做某事但没有做。
- 示例：He might have forgotten about our meeting.（他可能忘记了我们的会议。）
使用“was/were supposed to”
表示按计划或预期应该发生的事情，但实际上没有发生。
- 示例：We were supposed to meet at 5 p.m., but she never showed up.（我们本来约好5点见面，但她没来。）
使用“had better have + 过去分词”（非常正式或强调）
这种表达比较正式，用于强烈建议过去应该做过某事。
- 示例：You had better have finished that report by now.（你最好现在已经完成那份报告了。）
Through the forest
Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men.
They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag.
In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees.
Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she ran after them.
She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run.
When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them.
The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away.
The strap needs mending, said Mrs. Sterling later, but they did not steal anything.
forest n. 森林 risk n. 危险，冒险 picnic n. 野餐 edge n. 边缘 strap n. 带，皮带，包的皮带 possession n. 所有的东西，个人财产 | possess v 拥有 | breath n. 呼吸 contents n. （常用复数）内有的物品 mend v. 修理