核心问题
Would that I were with her now!
请分析 would 的意义和用法。
词典解答
许多英语词典把这种用法的 would 看作是及物动词, 表示愿望, 属古体。that 从句表示与事实相反的愿望(连词 that 可省略), 从句用虚拟语气。请分析下面的实例:
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Would(that) he were gone! (Chambers) 要是他走了,该多好!
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Would that we had seen her before she died. (LDCE) 要是在她临死之前我们能见到她一面,那就好了。
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Would that I had not said that. 我真后悔说了那样的话。
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Would that everyone treated me as considerably. (CGEL) 要是大家都对我很体贴,可就好了。
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Would that I were young again. 如果我能返老还童就好了。
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Would that my mother were alive to see me married. 要是我妈妈仍在世能看见我结婚，那该多好！
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Would (to God) that I'd never heard of him! 要是我从来没有听到他的消息, 就好了!