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我希望⋯該用 hope 還是 wish?一次搞懂希望之差!

2020.05.22 / Sonny老師

I wish I can pass the exam tomorrow! 是我教學多年蠻常聽到的一句英文,但這句話其實有種你不想過的感覺 XD
wish 和 hope在英漢字典上都翻作「希望」(後者有時譯成「但願」),但用法大不相同。

Wish 是種「假設語氣」,代表你所想望的事情不會發生,與事實相反。

例如:
I wish I were as tall as Michael Jordan.(但願我和喬丹一樣高,但我並沒有。)
I wish I had bought that car!(當初買了那輛車就好了!)
沒買到車怨念有點強,所以此處可以用 how 加強語氣:How I wish I had bought that car! 或代換成 if only:If only I had bought that car!

那我希望考試會過,到底怎麼說?其實改用 hope 就可以了。

Hope 代表對未發生事件的期待。

例如:
I hope / Hope (that) I can do well on the exam!
I hope to hear from you soon!(希望盡快聽到您的回音)。

最後,I hope more and more of you enjoy reading my posts!

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