现代英语中进行时态的使用非常频繁。其表意功能已在原来说明动作的持续性的基础上有了新的拓展,在一定的上下文中蕴含着各种不同的意义。现就收集的一些范例,对进行时态的几种用法作一小结.1.进行时态有一种“暂时的”和“可能未完成”的概念,因而它含有“不承担义务”的引伸意义。为此人们常用一些静态动词 hope,think,want,wonder,froget,expect,supposs,pretend 等的进行时态来表 The use of tenses in modern English is very frequent. Its ideographic function has been expanded on the basis of the continuity of the original description of the action, and contains various meanings in a certain context. Here is a brief summary of some of the usages of tenses. 1. There is a concept of “temporary” and “may not be completed” in the tense of progress. Therefore, it contains the meaning of “no obligation”. . For this reason, people often use some static verbs such as hope, think, want, wonder, froget, expect, supposs, pretend, etc.