这里had是指不真实的过去;其含义是现在或将来时:
, J& K' H3 \/ ^0 p5 N u! P I had/I’d better ring him at once/tomorrow.( E" `) u& ^0 h* I
我最好还是现在/明天就给他打电话。5 _0 h5 k' [- _1 k( `
其否定式是在better之后加上not:
. |: A% J5 Y9 ~7 { z. i: `7 _ T: d You had better not miss the last bus.4 q" P5 x: m6 ]3 o
你最好不要误了最后一班公共汽车。(误了这趟车是不明智的或者我劝你/提醒你不要误了这趟车。)
% V1 V% u* p4 x# _- j had通常在代词后用缩略形式,在口语中有时轻读甚至弱读到将近听不到的地步。+ d8 V" j% v. ?2 p, T/ P+ ^4 z4 Q$ E
had better通常不用于普通的疑问式,但有时用于否定疑问式,作为一种劝告句式:
a* A% _3 E6 T Hadn’t you better ask him first?
5 q( O- X) ~. B' m2 R3 \. A' C1 `* m 你先问一下他不更好吗?相当于:9 u" Z1 r7 ]0 Z' v
Wouldn’t it be a good thing to ask him first?3 K- Z( g+ c! b. V* x
是不是先问一下他比较好?
$ b7 @0 A* s: G ~. V you had better是一种很有用的劝告句式:3 m; _# k9 S& U# I' \, Y" C1 z8 g* t# S
You had better fly.- ~" b5 n( P, @
你最好是乘飞机走。(我劝你乘飞机走。). C& x( e a8 z, [
在间接引语中,had better与第一、第三人称连用时保持不变,与第二人称连用时可以保持不变,或者转述为advise+宾语+不定式:
+ r8 L1 W2 P8 O% J, a3 t5 n He said,‘I had better hurry.’# k. ^: ~% b5 N& G! _6 X0 g6 Q* i
他说:“我最好快一点。”相当于:
3 H( h! _0 l, D) A; S9 ~0 s2 d) g He said(that)he’d better hurry.8 d; x5 d+ [/ y8 C
他说他最好快一点。
$ s0 A, T$ c5 {2 ~/ O# l He said,‘Ann had better hurry.’
9 Y0 t B' D" E2 [$ J 他说:“安最好快一点。”相当于:9 f1 l' p1 a1 `9 d4 I ` n0 d P
He said(that)Ann had better hurry.
8 w( \2 X0 L3 \' W' d& t2 b7 ?- V 他说安最好快一点。
$ @/ k/ t* N. E2 d) p He said,‘You’d better hurry.! K# M& e" c% p {: n
他说:“你最好快一点。”相当于:
C# T1 Y; M" M He said(that) I’d better hurry.
& T9 \9 V9 ~% D0 w- z0 T 他说我最好快一点。% W$ r5 g" Y# F9 c& j1 K) f; x
He advised me to hurry.
^9 n" {7 [: Z+ \, Q. j 他劝我快一点。 |