(1) …I wish I had waited. (Passage A, Unit 7)
(2) …I wish I had taken my own advice. (Passage A, Unit 7)
在上述两例中，动词wish后的名词分句中的动词都用的是过去完成时，表示说话人对过去所做的事后悔或不满。第(1)句的意义是：说话人认为自己结婚过早，应该等到自己对人生有更多的了解后再结婚。第(2)句的意义是：说话人忠告年轻人晚些结婚，而现在她后悔她当初没有听从自己的忠告。
在wish后的名词分句中，动词要用虚拟语气，表示与现在或过去的事实不符的愿望，或表示将来不大可能实现的愿望。因此这种句子往往有两方面的含义：一方面是事实（现在、过去或将来），另一方面是与事实不符的愿望。例如：
事实：Lisa is not pretty.
愿望：Lisa wishes she were / was pretty.
事实：He has very few friends.
愿望：He wishes he had more friends.
事实：You work too hard.
愿望：I wish you didn’t work so hard.
至于名词分句中的动词用什么形式，这取决于事实的时间性。如果事实属于现在时间范畴，名词分句中的动词用过去时（包括一般过去时、过去进行时等）。例如：
We wish Mary were / was here.
He wishes he were / was rich.
She wishes she were / was flying in the sky.
He wishes he weren’t / wasn’t studying in this university.
I wish I worked in that company.
He wishes he didn’t live in this city.
I wish I could swim.
We wish we could go there more often.
如果事实属于过去时间范畴，名词分句中的动词用过去完成时。例如：
He wishes he hadn’t been so angry.
We wish we had been to Australia.
I wish he hadn’t lost his bicycle.
She wishes she hadn’t said anything unpleasant.
I wish I had never met you.
We all wish that we hadn’t gone to that party.
如果事实属于将来时间范畴，名词分句中的动词用过去将来时，或were / was going to + 动词原形。例如：
We wish that there would be a football game tomorrow.
I wish he wouldn’t do that.
He wishes he weren’t / wasn’t going to take the exam.
She wishes she were /was going to become an actress.
注：在上述例句中，were主要用于较正式的场合，而was用于非正式场合。
wish后的名词分句中的动词形式
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