wonder

1.下面四句意思不同：

• I wonde (that) he did see you. （他竟然曾经看见你，我感觉奇怪［我原来以为他不曾看见你］。）
• I wonder (that) he did not see you. （他竟然不曾看见你，我感觉奇怪［我原来以为他看见你］。）
• I wonder whether he saw you. （我很想知道他是否曾经看见你［我想他大约不曾看见你］。）
• I wonder whether he did not see you. （我很想知道他是否不曾看见你［我想他大约曾经看见你］。）

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2.It is not to be wondered at that...（…是不足奇的）里的at从前往往省去，现在通常不省去。

3.wonder后面可以接不定式，但不很普通。例如：I wondered to see him looking so cheerful.

4.I shouldn't wonder if the weather didn't change soon照字面解是“假使天气不立刻就变，我将并不觉得奇怪”。但事实上这句话等于I shouldn't wonder if the weather changed soon。这当然是不合理的。

5.下面三句都作“他辞职了，那是不足奇的”解：

• It is no wonder (that) he resigned.
• No wonder (that) he resigned.
• He resigned, and no wonder.

No wonder he resigned里的no wonder并不是状语短语，所以不可说He no wonder resigned。

6.wonder用作形容词现在往往在报纸上见到（尤其在标题里），如a wonder child和a wonder golfer。这用法在一二百年以前也有，后来不用了。