③表示禁止(用于否定句)
Smoking must not allowed in office.
办公室严禁吸烟。
④表示猜测、推测,常用于肯定句中。对现在或未来的事进行猜测时,后接动词原形;对已经发生的事进行猜测时,后接have + 过去分词。
You must be tired after working so long.
你工作这么久以后,肯定累了吧。
It must have rained last night for it is so wet outside.
外面这么湿,昨晚肯定下雨了。
3. Ask a young person in the street who the greatest American film director is, and you may get the answer Steven Spielberg.
如果你在街上随意问一个年轻人,谁是美国最著名的导演,你可能得到的答案是史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格。
本句是固定句型结构“祈使句+and / or+陈述句”,意为“干某事,那么就会……/ 干某事,否则就会……”。在此句型中,陈述句多用将来时态,祈使句相当于一个条件状语从句,有时还可以简化成一个名词短语。例如:
Come early and you'll see Andy Lau.
=If you come early, you'll see Andy Lau.
来早点,你会见到刘德华的。
Hurry up, or you'll be late again.
=If you don't hurry up, you will be late again.
快点,否则你又要迟到了。