must表示推測的用法
1) must用在肯定句中表示較有把握的推測,意爲"一定"。
2) must表對現在的狀態或現在正發生的事情的推測時, must 後麪通常接系動詞be 的原形或行爲動詞的進行式。 You have worked hard all day.You must be tired. 你辛苦乾一整天,一定累了。(對現在情況的推測判斷) He must be working in his office. 他一定在辦公室工作呢。 比較: He must be staying there. 他現在肯定呆在那裡。 He must stay there. 他必須呆在那。
3) must 表示對已發生的事情的推測時,must 要接完成式。 I didn't hear the phone. I must have been asleep. 我剛才沒有聽到電話,我想必是睡著了。
4) must表示對過去某時正發生的事情的推測,must 後麪要接不定式的完成進行式。 ---Why didn't you answer my phone call? ---Well, I must have been sleeping, so I didn't hear it.
5) 否定推測用can't。 If Tom didn't leave here until five o'clock, he can't be home yet. 如果湯姆五點才離開這兒,他此時一定還未到家。