(关于so/not用于代替从句参见第347节。)
A Will it be expensive?
I should/would2 think so./I should think it would.I shouldnt think it would./I shouldnt/wouldnt think so./I should/would think not.
这个会非常贵吗?
我想是的。/我想不。
回答这些问题时,回答人暗示他并不确实了解,只不过凭印象而言。 I should/would think 表示的语气没I think那样一定。
should/would think引导一个附加评论时,一般不可以用so/ not。这个时候需要用that从句:
Hes an astrologer, looking for work.
I shouldnt/wouldnt think that hed find it easy to get work.
他是一个星相家,正在找工作。
我想他大概不会感到找到一份工作是容易的。
B 假如评论发生在过去的动作,可以用should/would have thought3:
He actually4 got5 a job as1 an astrologer.
I shouldnt/wouldnt have thought that it was6 possibe to do that.
他真的以星相家的身份找了一份工作。
我本来觉得那是不可能的。
C should/would have expected7+不定式结构/that从句也是可行的。有时非人称代词you可代替I:
She has emigrated8.
Has she? Youd/Id have expected her to stay in this country.
她移居海外了。
是吗?大家/我还以为她会留在国内的。