1.used to可看作一个半助动词或情态动词,其后跟动词原形,表示过去的习惯或经常发生的动作,例如:
When he was a child, he used to ask lots of questions.
I want to know the places (that/which) he used to go to.
否定式为:used not to(书面语), use(d)n’t to(口语), didn’t use to(口语)
疑问式为:Used sb to …?(书面语), Did sb use to …?(口语)
反意疑问句式为:use(d)n’t sb? (书面语) didn’t sb? (口语)
2.be used to = get used to 都是一个固定的结构,意思为:习惯于某事或做某事的意思,to为介词,后接名词或动名词,不能跟动词原形,例如:
单词:used to的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
used to/would
He used to say so.他过去常常这样说。
She would sit like that for hours.她总是那样一坐就是几个小时。
<辨析>两者都可以用来表示过去经常或反复发生的动作。used to 强调过去与现在的对比,含义是“过去如此,现在不再那样了”。would 则不强调这种对比。它是以一种回忆往事的心情来描绘过去的习惯动作,有“总是”、“总会”之意。因此,如无具体的上下文,应有时间状语加以限定。如不可以说 I would get up early.可将 would 改为 used to。如果在提到过去一种习惯性动作时讲到具体时间,而这样习惯在句子中没有显示出与现在有直接或暗示的关系,则可采用二者之中的任何一个。如:They would (used to) play near the lake after school when they were children.童年时,他们常常在放学之后到湖畔玩耍。注意:used to 后面既可以接动作动词,也可以接状态动词。而 would 一般一跟状态动词。如:I used to like swimming when I was a boy.我小时候喜欢游泳。(其中 like 是状态动词,若表达上述意义,则 used to 不能改作 would。)
与单词:used to 相关的例句或者名人名言
Britain used to be the most powerful country in the world.
英国曾是这个世界上最厉害的国家。
I used to nurse my baby, now I just feed him out of the bottle.
我过去要亲自给宝宝喂奶,现在只要用瓶子喂他就行了。
The white powder is flour which can be used to make bread.
这种白色的粉末是面粉,可以用来做面包。
People used to play music with cassette tapes.
过去人们都用磁带来播放音乐。
I used to be really quiet.
我过去非常文静。
※I am not now that which I have been. (I am not what I used to be.) 今日之我已非昔日之我。
※There are only two families in the world, as a grandmother of mine used to say, the haves and the have-nots.——Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist 正如我的一位祖母说过的那样,这个世界上只有两家人:那就是富人和穷人。西班牙小说家塞万提斯.M.