I had intended to call on you. 和 I intended to have called on you. 二句有何不同？含义怎样？

【解答】这两句话的含义是一样的，一则是把过去放在主动词上，一则是把过去用完成不定式来表达，结果都是说过去想做的事未能实现。一般常用的表现法是“过去动词+完成不

定式”。

完成不定式用于hope, expect, intend, mean (=intend), want 等动词过去时态之后，是表示未实现的过去的希望、期待、意图、欲求等，如：

I intended to have called on you, but was prevented from doing so. (我原想来看你，但因事未果。）普通只说 I intended to have called on you 就够了，不必说后面的 but was prevented from doing so. 意思已然很明白了。

I expected to have met him here last night. (昨夜我以为在此可以见到他的。)

We meant to have stayed there a week.(我们原打算在那里呆一个礼拜的。)

I wanted to have seen you ever so much. (我真想能见到你。）

I thought to have written a line to her, but forgot to do so. (我原想写封信给她的，不料忘记了)。

说 “was (were)十完成不定式”，也是表示未实现的过去的决定，如:

We were to have met at six o'clock. （我们原定六点见面的。）