时态的紧缩形式(缩写)

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1 在口语中，很多时态有紧缩形式，这也反映在书面语中，如：
I am waiting for your answer．可紧缩为I'm waiting for your answer
I shall not be away long．可紧缩为I shan't be away long．

2 英语中要的紧缩形式可归纳如下：

紧缩形式	完全形式	例
'm	am	I'm walking.
're	are	We're running.
's	is, has	He's on the way but she's got home.
'll	shall, will	We'll go to the UK next year.
'd	should,would	I'd like to take it.
	had	He'd better not go.
ain't	am not	I'm right, aint I?
aren't	are not	They aren't busy.
isn't	is not	It isn't my pen.
hasn't	has not	He hasn't finished it.
won't	will not	I won't die.
shan't	shall not	We shan't give it up.
wouldn't	would not	Tom wouldn't leave.
shouldn't	should not	You shouldn't say no.
hadn't	had not	They hadn't done the homework when I came in.
didn't	did not	I didn't believe them then.
don't	do not	I don't know.
doesn't	does not	It doesn't matter.

3．情态动词的否定形式常用紧缩形式
can not—can't
could not—couldn't
must not—mustn't
need not—needn't
dare not—daren't
may not一般为没有紧缩形式。
might not紧缩形式为mightn't，但用得很少。

本文发布于2011-09-09，上次编辑于2021-08-19。