I didn’t phone till four o’clock in the hope that you’d be finished. 句子中的you’d be finished 是不是打错了?be finished 应该改为 have finished,对不对?
I didn't phone till four o'clock in the hope that you'd be finished. 我一直等到四点钟才打电话,希望那时你已经做完事了。 这句话是正确的。be finished 既可用于被动结构,又可用于系表结构。
1. 主语为事时,其具有被动含义:
Everything is finished.
2.主语为人时,其具有主动含义:
I will be finished by 2 this afternoon.
be finished 当主语是表人的名词或代词时,finished 常常具有主动意义,在这个结构中,主语并不是受动者,而是施动者。be finished 表示动作的结果或状态。例如:
At last I was finished on time. 我终于按时干完了。
I’ll be finished by six. 我六点钟之前干完。
We are not finished; quite a little is left to do. 我们还没有干完,还有不少的工作要做。
类似的用法还有 be done (with) 等。如:
Are you done with the newspaper? 你读完那份报纸了吗?
I wish to be done with my task. 我希望把我的工作干完。
I am done with writing him letters asking him to pay his pill. 我已经写过信向他讨账。