牛津实用英语语法 158 have/had表示推断
这是美国人的用法,但有时英国人也这么用。 have/had主要是用在与to be连用时: —There's a tall gred bird fishing in the river. —It has to be/must be a heron. —河里有一个大个的灰鸟在捕鱼。 —那一定是一只苍鹭。 had+to be可表示说话人对过去可能发生的事认为是肯定无疑的: There was a knock on the door.It had to be Tom. 有人敲门。肯定是汤姆。(他肯定是汤姆。) had+to be也可用来代替 must+完成式: —I wonder who took the money. —It had to be Tom./It must have been Tom.He's the only one who wasthere. —我不知道谁把这钱拿去了。 —肯定是汤姆。当时只有他在那里。 但为了避免混淆,建议学生们还是尽量用must的各种形式。 |