1、would like(love) to do sth = 想要做某事——用于现在
I would like to see the person in charge of personnel. 我想见管人事的负责人。
I'd like to go, but I 'm awfully busy. 我很想去,但我实在太忙了。
I would like to conclude by saying that I do enjoy your magazine.
最后,我想说我的确很喜欢你们的杂志。
I would like my wedding cake decorated with cupids.
我想在我的结婚蛋糕上装饰一些丘比特的造型。
I would like to know why we pensioners are being so badly treated.
我想知道为什么我们这些领养老金的人受到如此恶劣的对待。
I would love to go abroad this year, perhaps to the South of France.
我今年很想出国,可能是去法国南部。
2、would like(love) to have done sth = 本来想要做某事(但实际上没有做成某事);真想做某事(但实际上不可能做某事)——均用于过去。如:
I would like to have stayed longer, but I had to leave. 我真想再待久一点,但我不得不离开。
I would like to have lived in the eighteenth century. 我倒是喜欢生活在 18 世纪。
I would like to have written to you.
我本想给你写信的。
Susan bit back the words she would like to have said
苏珊话到嘴边又咽了回去。
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I would like to have given you a call, but I forgot.
我本来想给你打电话的,但却忘记了。
I would love to have gone to the cinema yesterday evening, but I had too muchhomework.
昨天晚上,我原本要去看电影,但是作业太多了。
She would love to have gone to visit her teacher last night, but she had somethingimportant to do and had to stay at home.
她昨晚本想去拜访她的老师,但是她有一些重要的事情要做,只得呆在家里。
也可以使用常见的: was / were going to do sth.(用过去将来时态表示原打算做什么)
例:Lucy was going to watch a basketball match.
Lucy 原打算看一场篮球比赛。
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