卻沒有做，常含有后悔、責備、埋怨的口吻，意為“本應該”，“應該就好了”; e.g. With all the work finished, I should have gone to your birthday party last night.

　　2)must have done——表示對過去的事情較有把握

　　的、肯定性的推測，常譯為“一定，準是，肯定”，其否定形式是can’t/couldn’thave done，意為“決不可能，不太可能”。

　　e.g. Since the ditch is full of water, it must have rained last night.

　　3)shouldn’t/ought not to have done——表示過去不該

　　做的事卻給做了，也常含有責備、不滿之意，意為“本不該”。

　　e.g. You shouldn’t have gone back to work yesterday without the doctor’s permission.

　　4)may/might have done——表示對過去的事情的推

　　測，但不十分有把握，意為“可能，或許已經”。 e.g. A traffic accident happened yesterday and a driver may have been hurt.

　　5)could have done——表示過去有可能或有能力做某

　　事，而實際未做、未能實現的事;有時也表示輕度批評，意為“本來可以，完全可以”。 e.g. The gas leakage could have been avoided if the

　　gas company took immediate measures after the warning call.

　　6)needn’t have done——表示過去做了某事，但沒有做的必要，意為“其實沒有必要”。 e.g. I needn’t have bought all that wine——only three people came.

　　2、可作情態動詞用的短語

　　would rather, would sooner, would (just) as soon, had rather, had better, had sooner, cannot but, may/might as well

　　[例1]You all those calculations! We have a computer to do that sort of thing.

　　A. needn’t have done B. must not have done

　　C. shouldn’t have done D. can’t have done

　　[例2]You those letters. Why didn’t you

　　A. should post B. must have posted

　　C. should have posted D. ought to post

　　[例3]I to him because he phoned me shortly afterwards.

　　A. ought to have written B. must have written

　　C. couldn’t have written D. needn’t have written