1) must用在肯定句中表示較有把握的推測(cè),意為"一定"。
2) must表對(duì)現(xiàn)在的狀態(tài)或現(xiàn)在正發(fā)生的事情的推測(cè)時(shí), must 后面通常接系動(dòng)詞be 的原形或行為動(dòng)詞的進(jìn)行式。
You have worked hard all day.You must be tired. 你辛苦干一整天,一定累了。(對(duì)現(xiàn)在情況的推測(cè)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(xiàn)在肯定呆在那里。
He must stay there.
他必須呆在那。
3) must 表示對(duì)已發(fā)生的事情的推測(cè)時(shí),must 要接完成式。
I didn't hear the phone. I must have been asleep. 我剛才沒(méi)有聽(tīng)到電話,我想必是睡著了。
4) must表示對(duì)過(guò)去某時(shí)正發(fā)生的事情的推測(cè),must 后面要接不定式的完成進(jìn)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(cè)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(diǎn)才離開(kāi)這兒,他此時(shí)一定還未到家。