were

用法

(1)假设法过去式的were系表示与事实相反的事或不可能有的事,或表示不可能实现的愿望,通常不分主词的单数或复数,但主词为单数时有时也可能用直说法的was来取代:

I wish I were [was] a bird.

但愿我是只小鸟。

If it were [was] so, how happy we should be!

若真如此,我们不知要多么高兴!

She spoke as if everything were [was] settled.

她说得好像一切都解决了。

If they were here, they would help us willingly.

他们如果在这儿,一定很愿意帮我们的忙。

(2)在假设法中,单数主词与was的连用,在

【口】

中比较多,但如果将if I were you(假设我是你)说成if I was you仍属不妥当,同时在Were I ...

(=If I were ...)

的句型中,也从不用was来取代。