Would like to have done和would have liked to do这两个结构所表达的含义是相同的,都表示:希望做某事但并未做成,请看:
Much as I would like to have, I couldn’t lend him the money because I simply didn’t have that much spare cash.
Much as I would have liked to, I couldn’t lend him the money because I simply didn’t have that much spare cash.
尽管我当时很想,但我不能借给他钱,因为我没有那么多闲钱。
I’d like to have seen his face when he opened the letter.
I’d have liked to see his face when he opened the letter.
我真希望当时能看见他拆开信时的脸色。
I would like to have seen the film.
I would have liked to see the film.
我真希望当时去看那部电影。
Susan bit back the words she would like to have said.
苏珊话到嘴边又咽了回去。
Which period of history would you most like to have lived in?
你最喜欢生活在哪一个历史时期?
She would have liked to tell him to butt out.
她本想告诉他叫他别插手的。
I would have liked to go to the ball, but I was not invited.
我本想去参加那个舞会的,但没人邀请我。
She would have liked to ask questions, but he had moved on to another topic.
她本想问问题,但他又继续谈另一个话题去了。
We would have liked to invite all our relatives, but you have to draw the line somewhere.
我们本倒是愿意邀请所有亲戚的,但总得有个限度呀。
I think she really would have liked to stop us seeing each other.
我认为她本来真的可能不想让我们俩继续交往下去。
He would have liked to continue talking about his mother.
他很想继续谈谈他的母亲(但是没有谈)。
I would have liked to hear more from the patient.
我本来倒是想多听听那病人的意见的。
Captain Smith would have liked to ask him many questions right then.
那时史密斯船长倒是有一堆问题希望要问他。