never不标志任何时态,什么时态都能用。never主要与肯定动词连用而不与否定动词连用。一般情况下它意为“从未有过”。never加肯定动词有时可以替代一个普通的否定动词。
1、never主要与肯定动词连用而不与否定动词连用。一般情况下它意为“从未有过”:
Some people are never satisfied. 有些人从不满足。
I was never very good at maths. 我在数学方面从来就不很好。
A clever politician never promises too much. 聪明的政治家从不过多地许诺。
Have you met Marilyn. I’ve never met her. 你见到过玛里琳吗? 我从未见到过她。
2、never+肯定动词有时可以替代一个普通的否定动词:
I waited but he never turned up. 我等着,可他根本没有来。
3、never+疑问动词可表示说话人对于未能做到某事而感到惊讶:
Has he never been to Japan? I’m surprised, because his wife is Japanese. 他从没去过日本吗?我感到很惊讶,因为他妻子是日本人。
4、never before 意思是“以前从未有过”:
例如:
He had never before seen the work of that enigmatic master
以前他从没有看到过这位迷一般大师的作品。
5、never before放在句首时,句子倒装:
如:Never before had she written so many complaints.