用作助动词 (aux.)
用作助动词
S+～+ v -ing
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They are/were dancing.
他们正在跳舞。
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I shall be seeing him tonight.
今天晚上我就能见到他。
S+～+ v -ed
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He was caught.
他被捉住了。
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The job can be done in a moment.
这件工作马上就能完成。
S+～+to- v
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When are we to leave France for home?
我们什么时候离开法国回国？
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Are you to go there by bike or by bus?
你骑车去还是坐车去？
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They are to send more people to help in the work.
他们打算派更多的人去帮助进行这项工作。
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They are to be married.
他们打算结婚。
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The products we were to design included different models of motors.
我们准备设计的产品包括各种型号的电动机。
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The machine is to be redesigned.
这机器将重新设计。
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Prices are to be fixed later.
价钱以后再定。
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I was to have seen him last Wednesday but he did not come.
我本来是上星期三和他见面的，但他没有来。
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We were to have told you, but you were not in.
我们本来想告诉你的，但是你不在家。
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Visitors are to leave when the bell rings.
来访者必须在铃响时离开。
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The letter is to be handed to him in person.
信必须亲手交给他。
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You are to hand in the exercises tomorrow.
你们明天(得)交练习。
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You are not to touch that.
你不要碰这个东西。
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I told him he was not to make that mistake again.
我告诉他不要再犯这个错误。
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You are to come home at once.
你得马上回家。
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Under this treaty, they were to pay an indemnity for five million dollars.
根据这项条约，他们应赔款500万美元。
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In future you are not to do that again.
以后你不能再这样做了。
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What am I to do then?
我该怎么办呢？
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Are we to meet again tonight?
我们今晚还要碰头吗？
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Such questions are to be avoided.
这种问题应当避免。
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The books in this room are not to be taken outside.
本室书籍不得携出室外。
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But how are we to convince them?
但是我们怎么能使他们相信呢？
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It is not to be denied.
这是不容否认的。
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But they were to be discouraged by this difficulty.
但这一困难并不能使他们泄气。
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We Chinese people are not to be cowed or deceived.
我们中国人是吓不倒也骗不了的。
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Not a sound was to be heard.
一点声音也听不见。
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Such people are to be found everywhere.
这种人到处都有。
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Buildings of modern construction are to be seen everywhere.
到处都可以看到现代化建筑。
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I must continue to learn if I am to make further progress.
如果要继续进步，我就得继续学习。
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If we are to be there in time, we'll have to hurry up.
如果我们要准时到，我们就得加快了。
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Better days were soon to follow.
不久之后日子就变得好过些了。
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I first met him in 1978, I was not to meet him again for ten years.
我第一次见到他是1978年，以后十年我们都没见过。
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If I were to do that, what would you say?
假如我做那件事的话,你会怎样说呢?
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If it were to rain, we should get wet.
要是下雨，我们就会淋湿。
Be+主语+实义动词+其他
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No man loves his fetters, be they made of gold.
即使是金子做的镣铐，也没人喜欢。
(linkv.)
用作系动词
There+～+S (+A)
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Is there a God?
上帝存在吗？
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There's a bank down the road.
沿马路不远有一家银行。
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Once upon a time there was a child cowherd.
从前有一个放牛郎。
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Is there anything that is beyond the boundary of human knowledge?
有什么东西是超出人类知识范围的吗?
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There have been cows in that field since my great-grandfather's time.
从我曾祖父那时候起,那片土地上就养着牛。
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There is a bookstore around the corner.
拐角处有一家书店。
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There is nobody to direct the workers.
没有人指挥工人们。
S+～+ n./pron.
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Susan is a nurse.
苏珊是个护士。
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I want to be a pilot when I grow up.
我想长大后当飞行员。
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She's a great beauty.
她是个大美人
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“Who is that”“It's my husband.”
“那个人是谁？”“是我丈夫。”
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You're the biggest mistake I've ever made.
和你结婚是我一生中犯的最大错误。
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Across the street was a textile mill.
街对面有一家纱厂。
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China is a socialist country.
中国是一个社会主义国家。
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Today is Sunday.
今天是星期日。
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Lack of money is our biggest problem.
缺钱是我们的最大问题。
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He is no fool.
他可不傻。
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This is no place for young folk.
这可不是青年人该去的地方。
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It's me.
是我。
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That's it.
对啦！
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How are things?
情况如何？
S+～+ adj./adv.
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The world is round.
地球是圆的。
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The traffic on this road is very busy.
这条马路的交通很拥挤。
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Be quick!
快点！
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She was angry at his words.
她对他的话很生气。
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He was absent from class yesterday.
他昨天缺课。
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I'm certain about it.
我对此事有把握。
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She's already up and about.
她已能下地走动了。
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His new novel is not out yet.
他的新小说尚未出版。
S+～+ v -ing/ v -ed/to- v
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My sight's going.
我的视力在逐渐减退。
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Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
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His only hobby is growing flowers.
他唯一的爱好是种花。
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We were very much frightened.
我们都吓坏了。
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This article is well written.
这篇文章写得很好。
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Her work is to look after the children.
她的任务是照料孩子。
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Their hope is for John to marry a bit later than usual.
他们希望约翰比一般人晚些结婚。
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His hesitation was whether to return or press ahead.
他犹豫的是掉头回去呢，还是奋力前进。
S+～+that/wh-clause
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The fact is that he is innocent.
事实上他是无辜的。
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My suggestion is that we should set up a working group.
我的建议是我们应当成立一个工作组。
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That's not what we want.
那不是我们所要的东西。
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The problem is how we could make him understand all this.
问题是我们怎样使他懂得这一切。
S+～+mine〔yours, etc.〕/for me〔you, etc.〕
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The money is not yours, it's John's.
这钱不是你的，是约翰的。
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The dictionary is for you.
这本字典是给你的。
S+～+数量短语
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“How much is that hat?”“Twenty dollars.”
“那顶帽子多少钱？”“20美元。”
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Two and three is five.2
加3等于5。
S+～+everything〔nothing, etc.〕 (+ to sb)
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Money isn't everything.
金钱不是一切。
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I used to love her but she's nothing to me any more.
我爱过她，但现在对她再也没什么感情了。
It is/was+ n./adj.
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It was really hot in the sauna.
桑拿浴的确很热。
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It's going to be a great match.
这将是一场了不起的比赛。
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It's up to you to decide.
这该由你来决定。
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It's six thirty.
现在是六点三十分。
Be+主语+表语+其他
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Be the problem easy or difficult, this method applies.
不管这问题容易还是困难，这个方法都是适用的。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词
S+～(+A)
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Smith's upstairs.
史密斯在楼上。
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The door is on the left.
门在左首。
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The hospital is four miles away.
医院距此地三英里远。
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Whatever is, is right.
存在的，就是合理。
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The prize-giving ceremony is on Monday.
颁奖典礼在星期一举行。
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The meetings are always in the main conference room.
会议总是在主会议室举行。
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Dinner is at eight.
晚宴八点举行。
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When is the wedding to be?
婚礼何时举行？
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When a thing has to be, it had better be quickly.
如果一件事迟早要发生，那就快点发生好了。
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To be or not to be, that is the question.
生存还是毁灭，那就是问题所在。
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We're here till Spring Festival.
我们将在这里一直住到春节。
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She has been in my room three hours.
她在我的房间里呆了三个小时了。
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They won't be a year.
他们要离开一年。
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President will be at the party.
总统将出席聚会。
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They'll be here soon.
他们很快就会到达。
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Has the policeman come yet?
警察来过了吗？
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She had been abroad many times.
她曾多次出国。
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I've never been to Canada.
我从未去过加拿大。
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He's from Japan.
他是日本人。
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