88 表示必须:must/ have to / have got to Track 088
1)must和have to相近,都译为“必须”。
例句
a. All applicants must take an entrance exam.
b. All applicants have to take an entrance exam.
2)have got to 主要用于口语中,不是很正式。
I have got to go now. I have a class in ten minutes.
3)要表示过去“必须”,我们要用had to,而must和have got to没有过去式形式。
I had to study last Sunday.
4)注意否定意思:
don’t have to:不必要
mustn’t或must not:千万不要,表示禁止。
例句
a. Tomorrow is Saturday. We don’t have to go to school.
明天是周六,我们不必上学。
b. You must not tell anyone my secret. Do you promise?
你千万别告诉任何人我的秘密,你能答应我吗?