有读者问这样一句话:
(1)She did not want to have to dodge the caravan continuously.
请解释一下not want to have to,尤其是have to。
这里的have to有点特殊,与其作为情态动词的一般用法(即“情态动词+动词原形”)有所不同。但其本义仍旧是“必须,不得不”。“She did not want to have to dodge...”的意思是: “她不愿意非躲避……不可。”请注意have to不但可用于not want之后,也可用于其他表“不喜欢”等的动词之后,例如:
(2)I should not like to have to kill you.
(3)I hate to have to get up in the morning.
注意下面一句中的having to代替了to have to:
(4)I loathe having to tell you this but...
have to还可用于形容词之后,例如:
(5)— Did you know my father, Dan Murphy?
— He wasn't much, missus, I'm sorry to have to say.
have to也常用在be going to之后,但be going to have to则只意味着“将不得不”,例如:
(6)I'm going to have to eat something soon.
(7)Now you're going to have to hurry, because...
(8)This is a revolution! We're going to have to offend somebody.
