always
1.always有“每次”或“没有例外”的意思。例如:Rain and storm always comes with typhoon. 假使你每次去看某个朋友,他总是在读书,才是always,假使是十次中有八九次这样,便不该说always,该说almost always。
不过always用在进行时态里却只有“时常”或“往往”的意思,如He is always asking questions是“他时常发问”或“他老是发问”。
2.always用在进行时态里,往往含有“使人不耐烦”的意思,如He is always asking questions有“他老是提问题,真是讨厌”的意思,下面几句都有这种含意:
- You are always finding fault with me. (你老是找我的茬儿。)
- She was always talking about her husband. (她老是谈着她的丈夫。)
- You are always giving me flowers. (你老是送花给我。)
- You talk as if I were always being ill. (照你说来,好像我老是害病。)
3.always用在不定时态和进行时态里,全句的意思往往大不相同。例如:
- She always dreams ofhim.(她每次总是梦见他[但她未必时常做梦]。)
She is always dreaming of him.(她老是梦里见他[她时常做梦。]) - He always asks me to his reading parties.(他每次举行读书会,定邀我。)
He is always asking me to his reading parties.(他老是邀我出席他的读书会。)
4.“常常不”不可说always not,如不可说She always does not laugh,该说She never laughs。
5.Whenever he meets me he always speaks of his father里的always最好删去,或者把Whenever改作When。
6.He is always here是普通的句子。He always is here!(该把is重读)是“(别以为他不在这儿)他的确常常在这儿!”通常在句尾用惊叹号。