think,believe 宾语从句的用法
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think，believe 宾语从句的用法
一、否定转移
当think, believe, suppose, imagine, expect等动词后接的宾语从
句为含有not
的否定句时，该否定应移至主句，即否定主句的谓语动词。主句是谓语动词是
t
hink,believe,imagine,suppose,consider,espect,fancy
,guess等,并且主句的主语是第
一人称而且为一般现在时,从句的否定词一般要转移到主句上来，
例如：
I don't think it will rain tomorrow.
We don't expect our football team will win
the World Cup.
但hope后接的宾语从句的否定不需要转移。例如：
I hope you weren't ill. (Unit 15 READING)
需要特别说明的是：涉及到转移的只是not，not以外的其它否定词，如no,
never,
hardly, few, little, seldom等，不必转移。例如：
I
believe my brother has never been late for school.
We can imagine birds can hardly live without
these woods.
二、反意疑问句的构成视情况不同有两种
think,
believe, suppose, imagine, expect等动词后接宾语从句构成的主从复合<
br>句在构成反意疑问句时，视情况不同有两种不同的构成方式。
1.当主句的主语为第一人称时，其后的简短问句应与从句相一致。例如：
I expect
our English teacher will be back this weekend,
won't shehe?
We suppose you have finished
the project, haven't you?
值得注意的是，当这些动词后接的宾语从
句的否定转移到主句时，其仍属否
定句，故其后的简短问句应用肯定式，而非否定式。例如：
I don't believe that he can translate this book,
can he?
We don't imagine the twins have
arrived, have they?
此类句子的回答同前否后肯型反意疑问句一样，如上述
后一个句子，若双
胞胎已经到了，则回答为；若尚未到达，使用。
2.当主句的主语为第二、三人称时，其后的简短问句则应与主句相一致。例
如：
Your sister supposes she needs no help, doesn't
she?
You thought they could have completed
the project, didn't you?
They don't believe
she's an engineer, do they?
She doesn't
expect that we are coming so soon, does she?
三、简略回答用so或not
口语中，可以用so或not替代这些动词之后的肯定或否定的宾语从句，以
避免重复。例如：
1. - Are you able to come to our party
tomorrow?
-I think so. What time? (so= I am
able to come to your party tomorrow)
2. -Is
my car ready?
-I believe not. (I don't
believe so.)
这里的not = it is not ready；so =
it is ready。
3. -Is Peter coming to the
concert?
-I expect sonot.
需要说明的是，在think, imagine, believe三词的否定答语中，用don't
thinkimaginebelieve
so比用not更为常见。hope则只能使用not，不能使用don't
hope
so。例如：
4. -Will it rain the day after
tomorrow?
-I hope so. I hope not. (不能说： I
don't hope so.)
英语中表达观点、信念、推测及臆测等心理活动的主从复
合句在表示“认
为„„不”等含义的宾语从句中，常需要进行否定转移，既主句的谓语动词用否
定式，宾语从句的谓语动词用肯定式。可用于该结构的动词主要有think,
believe,
suppose, expect, imagine, feel等。例如：
1. I don’t
think this magazine is worth
reading.我认为这本杂志不
值得读。
2. I don’t believe
that he can fix the bike.我认为他修不好这辆自
行车。
3.
I don’t suppose that I know you.我想我并不认识你。
这种结构通常用于一般现在时，下面几种情况一般不接受否定转移。
一、当主句中的谓语动词为“一般过去时”或“过去完成时”时。
1. I thought
it wasn’t his duty to help Tom.我认为帮助汤姆不是他
的职责。
2. I had thought he wouldn’t come.我原以为他不会来。
二、当主句中的谓语动词为“过去进行时”时。1. I was thinking the
room
was not hot enough.我在想那间房间不够热。
2. I
was thinking they couldn’t receive our
demands.我在想他们不
可能接受我们的要求。
三、当主句中的谓语动词为“现在完成时”或“现在完成进行时”时。
1.
I’ve supposed that I won’t trouble you
again.我想我不会再麻烦
你了。
2. I’ve been thinking
that the sky won’t fall down.我一直相信天
不会塌下来。
四、当think用在疑问句中时。
1. Why do you think I
can’t change your note?你为什么认为我兑不开
你的钞票呢？
2.
Do you think my mother wouldn’t permit
this?你认为我妈妈不会答
应吗？
五、当主句中的谓语动词与情态动词连用时。
He must think I am not fit for the
job.他一定认为我不适合这项工作。
六、当主句中的谓语动词与状语连用时。
I
really think you needn’t worry about his
safety.我真的认为你没
有必要为他的安全担心。
七、当主句中的谓语动词被加强语气的助动词do , does, did修饰时
1. I
do think it is not wise of him to do
so.我确实认为他这么做是
不明智的。
2. I do think that he
doesn’t tell a lie.我真的相信他没有撒谎。
八、当宾语从句中有no, never, hardly等否定词时。
1.
We all think that he’s a fellow good for
nothing.我们都认为他
是个不中用的人。
2. I believe John
never tells a lie.我相信约翰从不说谎。
九、当宾语从句中含有not at
all, not a bit, not„enough, can’t help
doing等一些固定词组时。
1. I think he is not at all
tired.我想他一点也不累。
2. I think I can’t help
laughing if I see it.我想我看见时会忍不住
大笑的。