294 carelike

 

care主要用于否定式与疑问式中。

A care for+ 名词/动名词与 like+ 名词/ 动名词的含义非常接近。

可以说:

a Does/Did Tom care for living in the country/Does/Did Tom likeliving in the country

汤姆愿意住在乡下吗?

bYou dont care for science fictiondo you/You dont like sciencefictiondo you

你不喜欢科学幻想小说,是吗?

对上面(b)的回答可以是:

I dont care for it/I dont like it much/Oh yes I like it

我不喜欢它。/我不太喜欢它。/噢!不,我喜欢它。(最后一个回答中不能用care。)

care在疑问式中有时暗示一丝怀疑或犹豫:

Does Ann care for horror movies

安喜欢看恐怖影片吗?(说话人认为她大概不喜欢,或说话人因为她竟好像喜欢看恐怖电影而感到惊讶。)

如用 would you carefor)…?时,怀疑或犹豫的色彩表现得更明显。

B would care would like

would care for+ 名词或would care+ 不定式与would like+ 名词/不定式相似。但是 would carefor)通常不用于肯定的陈述句。用would you carefor)…?表示的建议不如用would you like…?表示的建议那样自信。

aTomWould you care for a liftAnn

汤姆:安,你愿意搭我的车吗?(可能汤姆的车子不太舒服,而她又喜欢舒服。)

bTomWould you care to see my photosAnn

汤姆:安,你想看看我的照片吗?(他不敢肯定她是否愿意看。)

对(b)最好的回答方式是:

Id like to see them very much

我很愿意看。

同在肯定句中一样,这里用would like代替 would care

在否定句中,用法也是相同的:

I wouldnt care to live on the 35th floor

OhId rather like it

—我不在乎住在35层楼上。

—噢,我挺愿意的。

would care for/would like有时可与动名词连用。(参见第 295B。)

C would have caredfor)和 would have liked

二者在此都指并未发生的动作:

AnnId have liked to go with Tom

安:我本倒愿意和汤姆一起走。(我想和汤姆一起走,可没能如愿以偿。参见第296D,这里不能用care。)

BillBut he walked all the way You wouldnt have cared for/have likedthatwould you/Would you have cared for/have liked that

比尔:但他是一直走了去的!你总不愿意那样做吧?

D 请不要将care的上述用法与care forcareabout)混淆:

1 care for=look after照顾)主要用于被动语态:

The old people were cared for by their families

老年人受家庭照顾。

2 careabout)(=feel concerned关注,在乎)主要用于否定式与疑问式。

I dont careabout)与 I dont mind意思相似。因此常可用Idont mind代替 I dont care

It will be very expensive

I dont care/mind/I dont care about/mind the expense/I don tcare/mind what it costs

—这会很贵的。

—我不在乎。/我不乎花多少钱。/我不在乎要花多少钱。

但请注意 I dont careabout)意指I am indifferentto)(我满不在乎,漠不关心)而I dont mind意指 I dont objectto)(我不反对),如 He/It dosent worry/upset/annoy me(他/这不使我发愁/心绪烦乱/烦恼)。

I dont mind 远远比 I dont care更有礼貌,而且 I dont care

常常令人听起来感到妄自尊大和自私。在否定疑问式中两者都可以使用:

Dont you care/mind what happens to him

你难道不关心他出什么事吗?

Didnt you care/mind what happened

当时出什么事你竟然不关心吗?

但在一般疑问句中这两者有较大的区别:

Do you care?相当于:

Are you concerned/Do you feel concern

你关心吗?/你在乎吗?

Do you mind?常常是Do you object?(你反对吗?)的意思。

(另参见第263节。)