care主要用于否定式与疑问式中。
A care for+ 名词/动名词与 like+ 名词/ 动名词的意思很接近。
可以说:
(a) Does/Did Tom care for living in the country?/Does/Did Tom likeliving in the country?
汤姆想住在乡下吗?
(b)You dont care for science fiction,do you?/You dont like sciencefiction,do you?
你不喜欢科学幻想小说,是吗?
对上面(b)的回答可以是:
I dont care for it./I dont like it much./Oh yes, I like it.
我不喜欢它。/我不太喜欢它。/噢!不,我喜欢它。(最后一个回答中不可以用care。)
care在疑问式中有时暗示一丝怀疑或犹豫:
Does Ann care for horror1 movies?
安喜欢看恐怖影片吗?(说话人觉得她大概不喜欢,或说话人由于她竟仿佛喜欢看恐怖电影而感到惊讶。)
如用 would you care(for)?时,怀疑或犹豫的色彩表现得更明显。
B would care和 would like
would care for+ 名词或would care+ 不定式与would like+ 名词/不定式相似。但 would care(for)一般不需要于一定的陈述句。用would you care(for)?表示的建议不如用would you like?表示的建议那样自信。
(a)Tom:Would you care for a lift,Ann?
汤姆:安,你想搭我的车吗?(可能汤姆的车子不太舒服,而她又喜欢舒服。)
(b)Tom:Would you care to see my photos,Ann?
汤姆:安,你想看看我的照片吗?(他不敢一定她是不是想看。)
对(b)最好的回答方法是:
Id like to see them very much.
我非常想看。
同在一定句中一样,这里用would like代替 would care。
在否定句中,使用方法也是相同的:
I wouldnt care to live on the 35th floor.
Oh,Id rather like it.
我不在乎住在35层楼上。
噢,我挺想的。
would care for/would like有时可与动名词连用。(参见第 295节B。)
C would have cared(for)和 would have liked
二者在此都指并未发生的动作:
Ann:Id have liked to go with Tom.
安:我本倒想和汤姆一块走。(我想和汤姆一块走,可没能如愿以偿。参见第296节D,这里不可以用care。)
Bill:But he walked all the way! You wouldnt have cared for/have likedthat,would you?/Would you have cared for/have liked that?
比尔:但他是一直走了去的!你总不想那样做吧?
D 请勿将care的上述使用方法与care for和care(about)混淆:
1 care for(=look after照顾)主要用于被动语态:
The old people were cared for by their families.
老年人受家庭照顾。
2 care(about)(=feel concerned关注,在乎)主要用于否定式与疑问式。
I dont care(about)与 I dont mind意思相似。因此常可用Idont mind代替 I dont care:
It will be very expensive.
I dont care/mind./I dont care about/mind the expense./I don tcare/mind what it cosplayts.
这会非常贵的。
我不在乎。/我不乎花多少钱。/我不在乎要花多少钱。
但请注意 I dont care(about)意指I am indifferent(to)(我满不在乎,漠不关心)而I dont mind意指 I dont object(to)(我不反对),如 He/It dosent worry/upset/annoy me(他/这不使我发愁/心绪烦乱/烦恼)。
I dont mind 远远比 I dont care更有礼貌,而且 I dont care
常常让人听起来感到妄自尊大和自私。在否定疑问式中两者都可以用:
Dont you care/mind what happens to him?
你难道不关心他出啥事吗?
Didnt you care/mind what happened?
当时出啥事你居然不关心吗?
但在一般疑问句中这两者有较大有什么区别:
Do you care?等于:
Are you concerned?/Do you feel concern?
你关心吗?/你在乎吗?
而Do you mind?常常是Do you object?(你反对吗?)的意思。
(另参见第263节。)