wish 和 if only

Wish 和 If only都是用来谈论遗憾的事情，针对的是现在或过去的事。

谈论现在的事

1. If only I didn't have so much homework I could go to the concert tonight.
   实际上她有很多作业所以去不了音乐会。
2. I wish you didn't live so far away.
3. I wish I knew what to do.

当我们谈论关于现在的遗憾的事情时，wish和if only后面跟的是一般过去时，用来表明我们谈论的是“不真实”的事情。

谈论关于过去的事

1. I wish I'd studied harder when I was at school.
   说明他在学校的时候没有努力的学习。
2. I wish I hadn't eaten all that chocolate. I feel sick.
3. If only I'd known you were coming.

在谈论关于过去的遗憾时，wish和if only后面跟着过去完成时。

wish和would

我们使用wish + would来谈论现在我们想改变的让人烦恼的事，而且这件事情是不可能被改变的。

1. I wish you wouldn't borrow my clothes without asking.
2. I wish it would rain. The garden really needs some water.
3. I wish you'd give up smoking. It's really bad for you.
4. I wish I wouldn't eat so much chocolate.
   吃巧克力这件事，在未来是可以改变的，不需要遗憾。所以可以改成下面这种形式，表明对已经吃了太多巧克力而感到遗憾：I wish I didn't eat so much chocolate.

乱弹：在这里也体现了中英文的思维区别。祝福的时候（比如“心想事成，万事如意”），我们用的就是wish。可见在英文思维里，所祝福的事情从理智上来讲，很可能是不会发生的。